Thom Hartmann: Is Pres. Obama illegally spying on US journalists?

[thomhartmann]

Run time: 06:11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWSXfGuj8WI   Posted on YouTube: June 24, 2011 By YouTube Member: TheBigPictureRT Views on YouTube: 107   Posted on DU: June 24, 2011 By DU Member: thomhartmann Views on DU: 629

 
Stephen Webster, Senior Editor-Raw Story, joins Thom Hartmann. Is President Obama illegally spying on American journalists? That’s what Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and New York Times reporter James Risen says in an affidavit he filed earlier this week. After publishing a book detailing the CIA's mission to sabIran’s nuclear program - Risen claims the CIA started monitoring his incoming and outgoing calls to discover his sources. His surveillance began under the Bush administration and continued hrough the Obama administration. Risen argues that the CIA campaign against him will, “have a chilling effect on freedom of the press in the United States.” So how is this allowed to happen in a nation that's supposed to have freedom of the press?

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[Badsam]

1. I thought the US media worked for Obama?

[bbgrunt]

2. evidently they do not yet have 100% compliance.