FBI Director Robert S. Mueller (Photo Credit: New
York Times)
This week it was revealed the FBI spied in the email box of Fox
journalists, James Rosen and William La Jeunesse. They are accused of no crimes nor
have they been legally charged
in any matter, but the FBI and its parent agency, the Department of
Justice wanted to find out their scoops and the identity of their
sources before they publish articles and news reports. This misconduct
on the FBI's part constitutes criminal violations of the U.S. Constitution.
This further confirms what the
Judiciary Report has been stating for years (and since 2006 in sister
site the Sound Off Column) regarding a story I broke
first - the FBI is going to hosting companies/e-mail service providers
and secretly demanding the contents of select
writers/journalists/bloggers' emails:
FBI
To Be Called Before Congress Over Spying and
The FBI And Mobile Phone Spying and
Former
U.S. Government Official States The FBI Is Spying On All Americans
(Video) and
It
Has Been Confirmed The U.S. Government Is Spying On Scientists And
Doctors In Violation Of The Constitution.
Journalists and bloggers all over America are angry at this
development, as it tramples free press and free speech, which are
guaranteed by the Constitution. However, I’ve
been warning writers online for the past few years, so they can protect
themselves and their sources
(
New
Scandal Erupts Regarding The FBI And Justice Department Monitoring
Calls Of AP Reporters Confirming Previous Site Claims).
The FBI
is not engaging in this misconduct for national security purposes, but political ones to
stifle lawful criticism of the government. They are also doing this to
get tips and scoops to build investigations around, in order to break cases and look
groundbreaking and ahead of the curve before Congress, when they go to
the legislature to seek billions of dollars in taxpayer money.
STORY SOURCE
Report: Justice Department targeted TWO Fox News
Channel reporters and a producer for talking with government sources
PUBLISHED: 17:02 EST, 20 May 2013 | UPDATED: 19:04 EST, 20 May 2013
- Inspector General report found agents read emails, tracked phone
records. Reporters James Rosen and William La Jeunesse, producer Mike
Levine were the subject of subpoenas but never notified by the
government. Fox News says U.S. journalism 'up until now has always been
a free press'
The Fox News Channel is outraged over new revelations that three of
its reporting staffers were targeted by the U.S. Department of Justice
in criminal investigations related to their attempts to obtain
information from government sources.
James Rosen, the network's chief Washington correspondent, has
become a First Amendment cause celebre over his treatment by the Obama
administration. But the DOJ, Fox says, also investigated the Emmy
Award-winning investigative reporter William La Jeunesse and Fox News
producer Mike Levine.
Shannon Bream (R) and Megyn Kelly (L) broke the news Monday that the
DOJ had targeted three of their journalist colleagues in criminal
investigations for seeking classified information from willing
government sources...