Justice Also Going After Washington Post for the Secret Prisons Story >>>

[Stephanie]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/30/AR2005123000538.html

Justice Department Probing Domestic Spying Leak

By Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, December 30, 2005; 12:45 PM

The Justice Department has opened an investigation into the disclosure of classified information about a domestic surveillance program authorized by President Bush after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, officials said today.

Justice prosecutors will examine whether classified information was unlawfully disclosed to the New York Times, which reported two weeks ago that the National Security Agency had been conducting electronic surveillance on U.S. citizens and residents without court-approved warrants.

The probe is the latest in a series of controversial investigations into leaks of classified information during the Bush administration, including the disclosure of a CIA agent's identity that has resulted in criminal charges against former vice presidential adviser I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.

The Justice Department has also opened a probe into whether classified information was illegally disclosed to The Washington Post, which reported on a network of secret CIA prisons in Eastern Europe and elsewhere.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/30/AR2005123000538.html

[Lars39]

1. This Friday's really getting a work-out so far.

[shraby]

2. Oh oh...isn't this called abuse of power?

I would think it would be encumbent upon the Wapo and the NYT to start hammering this administration. The NYT when they published the wiretapping story said they had more. Maybe it's time for the "more"?

[Uben]

3. OH?

I suppose they did this when a CIA agent was outed too, huh? Yeah right! Or maybe it's just when it damages the Bush administration personally that counts. To hell with anything else.

[fooj]

4. Ok. All I want to know is who is going to stop these madmen?

And when?

Peace.

[Peace Patriot]

5. Well, we'll see if this political establishment has any true patriotism

left in its bloodstream, or any cajones at all, or even some shred of the instinct of self-preservation. Maybe they've become so corrupt and collusive that THIS is what it takes to get them to stop playing games with this fascist junta: THEIR OWN backs against the wall, rather than the distant Arabs and Muslims, whom this junta has slaughtered in the tens of thousands, and whose deaths they seldom report, never feature, and don't add up.

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Throw Diebold and ES&S electon theft machines into 'Boston Harbor' NOW!

[madrchsod]

6. the times and the post will

roll over and play dead. i have no faith that they will stand up to the whitehouse-was there any papers who stood against the rise of the national socialist party? those who did were crushed...but maybe i`m just being pessimistic

[malaise]

7. How can you prevent the press from reporting

these stories when the entire 'war' is illegal under international law?

[me b zola]

8. I think that I have figured out why (besides intimidation & abuse of power

I think that they have launched these DOJ investigations to block Congressional hearings.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5716725


God, I hope I am wrong, I hope that the hearings will go forward.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

21. I think you're right

That was my first thought when I heard about it.

[stevedeshazer]

9. Since they've already torched the 4th Amendment, why not the 1st?

Have I said lately how much I hate these people?

[tavalon]

17. It doesn't need to be said, friend

Anybody with a brain hates these people.

[Nothing Without Hope]

10. Here's a related thread on the DoJ investigation into disclosure about

the illegal domestic eavesdropping program:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2012861
thread title (12/30 LBN): US probes leak of domestic eavesdropping program
"The U.S. Justice Department has launched an investigation to see who disclosed a secret NSA eavesdropping operation, department officials said on Friday."

[RagingInMiami]

11. If that doesn't work

Bush will just bomb the Washington Post

[NightOwwl]

12. Well wadd'ya know. I think my post from another thread...

suggesting the NYTimes join forces with the WaPo to bring this administration down makes even more sense now. -->

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2012861&mesg_id=2013473

[bettyellen]

13. someone should publish the torture photos now

so we can get it all out on the table

[DoYouEverWonder]

14. This is why Bush was in such a hurry to stuff the Supreme Court

Going after the press should be lots of fun. Pass the popcorn.

[The Backlash Cometh]

15. Well, now we know why the newspapers for reticent about printing this

stuff. They must have understood that we were in an era of fascism.

[tavalon]

16. Ah, the Rumsfeld Doctrine rears its ugly head again

Once again, it isn't the crime that's illegal, it's the revelation of the crime that's illegal.

[Straight Shooter]

18. The irony is that neither the NYT nor WaPo would be in this position

if they had simply reported the truth about bush to begin with.

I wonder how those editors are feeling about their decision to withhold the story of bush's bulge? They never heard the fable of the dog that bites the hand which feeds it, I suppose.

Oh, well, it's never too late. If bush pushes, both those papers need to shove, and they need to shove hard. I'm sure they're sitting on a lot of stories which could damage bush's so-called credibility even further. Have at it. Bring it on.

[Garbo 2004]

19. CIA requested a DOJ investigation into the leak of info leading to CIA

prisons story. AP article from November here for example: http://www.showmenews.com/2005/Nov/20051109News018.asp

[BeHereNow]

20. The REAL story here is the fact that

Our government is using its powers to conceal
illegal activity and crimes by labling such activities
as "Classified" and "National Security" documents.
How conveeeenient.
How treacherous.

How sad that we don't have a real Congress to
protect us.

BHN

[stickdog]

22. War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Leaking the Crime is the Crime. (nt)

[thecai]

23. Covering Up A Crime Is Another Felony...

....Bush decided, a couple years ago. So do his laws apply to HIM?