“There can be no possible justification for such an overbroad collection of the telephone…”
““There can be no possible justification for such an overbroad collection of the telephone communications of The Associated Press and its reporters. These records potentially reveal communications with confidential sources across all of the newsgathering activities undertaken by the AP during a two-month period, provide a road map to AP’s newsgathering operations, and disclose information about AP’s activities and operations that the government has no conceivable right to know.””
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AP President and Chief Executive Officer Gary Pruitt.
AP: Gov’t Obtains Wide AP Records in Probe
AP Blog: AP Responds to Seizure
The DOJ 2 month operation is likely linked to the Obama administration’s record-breaking number of prosecutions of government whistle-blowers.
Unacceptable.
