The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news.This is outrageous.
The records obtained by the Justice Department listed outgoing calls for the work and personal phone numbers of individual reporters, for general AP office numbers in New York, Washington and Hartford, Conn., and for the main number for the AP in the House of Representatives press gallery, according to attorneys for the AP. It was not clear if the records also included incoming calls or the duration of the calls.
In all, the government seized the records for more than 20 separate telephone lines assigned to AP and its journalists in April and May of 2012. The exact number of journalists who used the phone lines during that period is unknown, but more than 100 journalists work in the offices where phone records were targeted, on a wide array of stories about government and other matters.
In a letter of protest sent to Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday, AP President and Chief Executive Officer Gary Pruitt said the government sought and obtained information far beyond anything that could be justified by any specific investigation. He demanded the return of the phone records and destruction of all copies.
BUT, you made your bed, AP. Lie in it.
You're an arm of the Obama administration's media army. You protected this guy. You've aided Obama's rise to power.
What now?
Any regrets?
I suppose Obama and his team thought you wouldn't mind. You cover Obama's ass. You kiss Obama's ass. You worship Obama's ass.
How's that working out?
Lord, what fools these Leftists be!
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Ironic that #Obama and #Holder would choose to track @ap staffers, but not guns sent to Mexico. #FastandFurious
— Brad Thor (@BradThor) May 13, 2013
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