DOJ’s Secret Subpoena Of AP Phone Records Broader Than Initially Revealed, Included 2

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man oh man.. I suppose you Obamabots are still searching for any scandals yet

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Via NBC News:


The Justice Department’s secret subpoena for AP phone records included the seizure of records for five reporters’ cellphones and three home phones as well as two fax lines, a lawyer for the news organization tells NBC News.

David Schulz, the chief lawyer for the AP, said the subpoenas also covered the records for 21 phone lines in five AP office lines — including one for a dead phone line at office in Washington that had been shut down six years ago. The phone lines at four other offices – where 100 reporters worked — were also covered by the subpoenas, Schulz said.

Although AP had given general information about the subpoenas last week, it provided new details Monday about the number of cell and home phone records as it considers possible legal action against the Justice Department.

Schultz said the subpoena for a Washington phone line that had been shut down years ago raises questions about assertions by Deputy Attorney General James Cole, in a letter last week, that the subpoenas were narrowly crafted and only issued after a “comprehensive investigation” that included over 550 interviews and reviewing tens of thousands of documents.

Cole had said in his letter to the AP that “consistent with Department policy, the supboenas were limited in both time and scope.”

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man oh man.. I suppose you Obamabots are still searching for any scandals yet

SNIP:


Drip… drip… drip.

Via NBC News:


The Justice Department’s secret subpoena for AP phone records included the seizure of records for five reporters’ cellphones and three home phones as well as two fax lines, a lawyer for the news organization tells NBC News.

David Schulz, the chief lawyer for the AP, said the subpoenas also covered the records for 21 phone lines in five AP office lines — including one for a dead phone line at office in Washington that had been shut down six years ago. The phone lines at four other offices – where 100 reporters worked — were also covered by the subpoenas, Schulz said.

Although AP had given general information about the subpoenas last week, it provided new details Monday about the number of cell and home phone records as it considers possible legal action against the Justice Department.

Schultz said the subpoena for a Washington phone line that had been shut down years ago raises questions about assertions by Deputy Attorney General James Cole, in a letter last week, that the subpoenas were narrowly crafted and only issued after a “comprehensive investigation” that included over 550 interviews and reviewing tens of thousands of documents.

Cole had said in his letter to the AP that “consistent with Department policy, the supboenas were limited in both time and scope.”

all of it here

Oh My: DOJ?s Secret Subpoena Of AP Phone Records Broader Than Initially Revealed, Included 21 Phone Lines In 5 AP Offices, Reporters Home Phones? | Weasel Zippers

Obama could shoot someone on national tv and his supporters would say " what? he did not."

 

[hazlnut]

man oh man.. I suppose you Obamabots are still searching for any scandals yet

SNIP:


Drip… drip… drip.

Via NBC News:


The Justice Department’s secret subpoena for AP phone records included the seizure of records for five reporters’ cellphones and three home phones as well as two fax lines, a lawyer for the news organization tells NBC News.

David Schulz, the chief lawyer for the AP, said the subpoenas also covered the records for 21 phone lines in five AP office lines — including one for a dead phone line at office in Washington that had been shut down six years ago. The phone lines at four other offices – where 100 reporters worked — were also covered by the subpoenas, Schulz said.

Although AP had given general information about the subpoenas last week, it provided new details Monday about the number of cell and home phone records as it considers possible legal action against the Justice Department.

Schultz said the subpoena for a Washington phone line that had been shut down years ago raises questions about assertions by Deputy Attorney General James Cole, in a letter last week, that the subpoenas were narrowly crafted and only issued after a “comprehensive investigation” that included over 550 interviews and reviewing tens of thousands of documents.

Cole had said in his letter to the AP that “consistent with Department policy, the supboenas were limited in both time and scope.”

all of it here

Oh My: DOJ?s Secret Subpoena Of AP Phone Records Broader Than Initially Revealed, Included 21 Phone Lines In 5 AP Offices, Reporters Home Phones? | Weasel Zippers

Bush’s Attorney General: You can investigate leaks without subpoenaing reporters​

Bush’s Attorney General: You can investigate leaks without subpoenaing reporters

As George W. Bush’s Attorney General, Gonzales said he faced a similar choices while prosecuting national security leaks during his time in the Department of Justice.

“There was at least one occasion in which we were engaged in a very serious leak investigation and we had to make some very difficult choices about whether or not to move forward going after the reporters in order to try to find out where the source of the leak is,” Gonzales said Wednesday.

Gonzales joined the Morning Joe panel to shed light on the recent news that the Department of Justice secretly seized two months of Associated Press reporter phone records.
But Gonzales said he chose not to subpoena the reporters involved at that time: “We ultimately decided not to move forward.”

Gonzales did subpoena journalists during his time as Attorney General; he was particularly criticized for subpoenaing San Francisco Chronicle journalists who used leaked grand jury transcripts for a story on steroid use in baseball. He also famously hinted that he would prosecute journalists for espionage for printing national security information.
Gonzales said subpoenaing a reporter is a last ditch effort “where they have exhausted all means.”

But as Talking Points Memo’s Brian Beutler points out, the DOJ under Gonzales actually skipped protocol altogether while prosecuting leaks, convincing telephone companies to disclose phone records without a subpoena.

He also added that the Department of Justice would likely give the White House a “heads up” over a such a move, because of the bad press it would likely incur. The White House has denied knowing about secret subpoena of Associated Press phone records.