DoJ Nixed Investigation of Congresswoman to Get Support for NSA Wiretapping

[Fireweed247]

new one from wired
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/04/doj-nixed-inves.html

According to CQ, in 2004, Harman had helped lobby the New York Times to kill its NSA warrantless wiretapping story, which the newspaper had originally intended to publish on the eve of the 2004 elections.

The story was published a year later in December 2005, drawing condemnation from the Bush Administration, which excoriated the newspaper for putting the lives of Americans at risk by exposing the program. The news launched a national debate about whether the Adminsitration had exceeded its authority in authorizing the NSA to conduct warrantless domestic surveillance.

At the time, Harman joined the Administration in condemning the Times, calling for prosecution of the newspaper and issuing a statement that said, "I believe it essential to U.S. national security, and that its disclosure has damaged critical intelligence capabilities."

[derby378]

1. Jane Harman, meet the unemployment line

If your constituents have any sense, they'll haul your ass out of that office before you even have a chance to finish the term.

[lamp_shade]

2. We still don't know if this story has any meat.

[Howardx]

3. do you have a problem with people discussing it?

it seems you do.

[lamp_shade]

4. What's to discuss?

[Howardx]

5. any number of things

we could discuss for instance why, if you think there is nothing to this story, you feel the need to post in the threads about it.