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In reply to the discussion: Jill Abramson: CONDI RICE Personally Asked Me to KILL CIA STORIES [View all]deutsey
(20,166 posts)17. Risen was on Democracy Now! this morning
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/10/14/james_risen_prepared_to_pay_any?autostart=true
We spend the hour with veteran New York Times investigative reporter James Risen, the journalist at the center of one of the most significant press freedom cases in decades. In 2006, Risen won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting about warrantless wiretapping of Americans by the National Security Agency.
He has since been pursued by both the Bush and Obama administrations in a six-year leak investigation into that book, "State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration." Risen now faces years in prison if he refuses to testify at the trial of a former CIA officer, Jeffrey Sterling, who is accused of giving him classified information about the agencys role in disrupting Irans nuclear program, which he argues effectively gave Iran a blueprint for designing a bomb. The Obama administration must now decide if it will try to force Risens testimony, despite new guidelines issued earlier this year that make it harder to subpoena journalists for their records.
Risens answer to this saga has been to write another book, released today, titled "Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War." "You cannot have aggressive investigative reporting in America without confidential sources and without aggressive investigative reporting, we cant really have a democracy," Risen says. "I think that is what the government really fears more than anything else." Risen also details revelations he makes in his new book about what he calls the "homeland security-industrial complex."
We spend the hour with veteran New York Times investigative reporter James Risen, the journalist at the center of one of the most significant press freedom cases in decades. In 2006, Risen won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting about warrantless wiretapping of Americans by the National Security Agency.
He has since been pursued by both the Bush and Obama administrations in a six-year leak investigation into that book, "State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration." Risen now faces years in prison if he refuses to testify at the trial of a former CIA officer, Jeffrey Sterling, who is accused of giving him classified information about the agencys role in disrupting Irans nuclear program, which he argues effectively gave Iran a blueprint for designing a bomb. The Obama administration must now decide if it will try to force Risens testimony, despite new guidelines issued earlier this year that make it harder to subpoena journalists for their records.
Risens answer to this saga has been to write another book, released today, titled "Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War." "You cannot have aggressive investigative reporting in America without confidential sources and without aggressive investigative reporting, we cant really have a democracy," Risen says. "I think that is what the government really fears more than anything else." Risen also details revelations he makes in his new book about what he calls the "homeland security-industrial complex."
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CIA remains under control of BushInc. No president can crack the inner power circle
blm
Oct 2014
#10
Just stop it. Stop giving a free pass to the Presidents that should know better.
MontyPow
Oct 2014
#54
Glad you asked. Unless you've got Top Secret clearance and a numbered Swiss bank account...
Octafish
Oct 2014
#57
Me, yes, even if much of the Secret Government is beyond apparent control of the president.
Octafish
Oct 2014
#61
I read your post. I concluded that with such powers there is no point in voting.
MontyPow
Oct 2014
#67
The Intercept :James Risen’s new book on war-on-terror abuses comes out tomorrow
Ichingcarpenter
Oct 2014
#7
And, to this very fucking day, anyone who disagrees with the Official Government Handout about
djean111
Oct 2014
#16
Careful, there - I don't think being a Progressive is desired in the New Democratic Party any more.
djean111
Oct 2014
#32
Or at least marginalize them but keep them around for voting purposes. < They may have screwed
jtuck004
Oct 2014
#87
oh the white privilege of complaining after the fact...shouldn't this meeting have been part of the
Supersedeas
Oct 2014
#24
Now you know why I was shocked to hear that the White House had a direct link to
Baitball Blogger
Oct 2014
#25
So why would she capitulate? Either her patriotism got the best of her or she felt threatened.
rhett o rick
Oct 2014
#34
And now Kindasleazy is picking football teams to play for national championship.
liberal N proud
Oct 2014
#51
Kick for an extraordinary thread! Bookmarked for all the excellent information here.
scarletwoman
Oct 2014
#71
lol - if Risen had published an expose of our current administration's fuckups, you can just
whereisjustice
Oct 2014
#72
Translation: I regret that I was and am a tool. As the Church Lady might say,
KingCharlemagne
Oct 2014
#86