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This is so strange! When was a last time AP released anything that wasn't more than government PR. On many important issues like lead up to Iraq war and now to
by salimmadjd 13y ago
This is so strange! When was a last time AP released anything that wasn't more than government PR. On many important issues like lead up to Iraq war and now to a potential Iran war, AP has just reported what's been expected of them.
My thought is the wiretap was set to catch potential whistleblowers than to do anything with reporters or AP itself.
- johnvschmitt 13y agoCorrect. The government probably figured, they don't need a subpoena, because they already manage the AP so closely. You aren't hearing any serious dissent from the AP. That said, we have to be vigilant about any overreach, as civil rights are too hard to get back once you give them up.
- mpyne 13y agoAs far as I can tell this was done via subpoena (but it's uncertain under whose authority the subpoena was issued, it may not have been a judge or grand jury). Had there not been a subpoena the U.S. would likely not have informed the AP of the search at all.
- jbuzbee 13y agoGive me a break - I'll assume you're just woefully uninformed. For example: http://www.ap.org/Index/AP-In-The-News/NYPD http://www.ap.org/Index/AP-In-The-News/NYPD
- _account 13y agoIt's not strange at all. If the AP's sources just disappeared, the word would be out to any future sources/marks that the AP gives up sources...but if the big bad government did this rare, but effective overreach...the spooks can still terminate the leak and the AP has plausible denial. The CIA wants to maintain the AP's ability to lure in more leaks in the future.