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In reply to the discussion: Republicans are going crazy over the fact that Holder signed off on the warrant for Rosen's emails [View all]woo me with science
(32,139 posts)17. It's outrageous, that anyone would defend this.
This is not America anymore and this is for damned sure not the Democratic Party I grew up with.
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Republicans are going crazy over the fact that Holder signed off on the warrant for Rosen's emails [View all]
Cali_Democrat
May 2013
OP
Agree. I want to know why Karl Rove told Chris Matthews "Valerie Plame is fair game".
pacalo
May 2013
#6
They are conservative propagandists, shitty reporters, and horrible people.
limpyhobbler
May 2013
#9
Don't you realize another President could use this power against news reporters who you like?
limpyhobbler
May 2013
#12
Exactly. And now it's your turn to cheer on government harassment of "journalists".
limpyhobbler
May 2013
#25
It's outrageous that people don't the DOJ or the IRS to do their jobs. Not too long ago folks were
kelliekat44
May 2013
#18
It would be a scandal if the DOJ bypassed the judiciary & seized his emails without a search warrant
Cali_Democrat
May 2013
#21
No. The scandal is that the warrant was sought and obtained by implicating a reporter
woo me with science
May 2013
#33
The magistrate and the judge reviewed the legal grounds for the search warrant and approved
Cali_Democrat
May 2013
#14
The warrant identified Rosen as a possible co-conspirator. Which is bullshit.
limpyhobbler
May 2013
#26
"A reporter communicating with a source in government to receive leaked information is not
Cali_Democrat
May 2013
#29
Are you saying anytime a reporter secretly communicates with a government employee to
limpyhobbler
May 2013
#30
There is no law that says a journalist cannot receive classified information.
Cali_Democrat
May 2013
#34
"Naming someone as a co-conspirator does not mean you think they broke the law" - yes it does
limpyhobbler
May 2013
#35
There's no use trying to hide this abuse behind the mysteries and intricacies of the law.
limpyhobbler
May 2013
#37
Exactly. They claimed he conspired to commit espionage just to snoop his emails.
limpyhobbler
May 2013
#40
They named him as a possible co-conspirator and target of the investigation,
woo me with science
May 2013
#41
Anyone that goes crazy over this, right or left, is a weak-minded individual. nt
Pragdem
May 2013
#31