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Download MP3 This week on CounterSpin: The Justice Department's investigation of the AP poses a threat to freedom of the press and the public's right to know, but the story itself, about a supposed al Qaeda bomb plot thwarted by the CIA, has taken some interesting turns, calling into question the facts of the bomb plot story, and the Justice Deparment's rationale for investigating AP. We'll talk with Marcy Wheeler of the website Emptywheel, who has been out in front on this story from early on.   Also on CounterSpin today: The AP story is a reminder, if one were [...]

The Justice Department's seizure of AP phone records constitutes a troubling encroachment on the freedom of the press and underscores longstanding concerns about the Obama administration's willingness to trample the First Amendment.

The Justice Department's seizure of phone records from the Associated Press news service as part of a leak investigation, revealed on May 13, constitutes a troubling encroachment on the freedom of the press. It underscores longstanding concerns about the Obama administration's willingness to trample the First Amendment in pursuit of government whistleblowers (Extra!, 9/11). Justice notified AP after the records--which cover phone calls from a two-month period from a variety of office, home and cell phones--had already been obtained, an unusual chronology that  prevented AP from challenging the government's subpoena. AP president and CEO Gary Pruitt called it a "massive [...]

The Justice Department's seizure of phone records from the Associated Press news service as part of a leak investigation, revealed on May 13, constitutes a troubling encroachment on the freedom of the press. It underscores longstanding concerns about the Obama administration's willingness to trample the First Amendment in pursuit of government whistleblowers (Extra!, 9/11). Justice notified AP after the records--which cover phone calls from a two-month period from a variety of office, home and cell phones--had already been obtained, an unusual chronology that  prevented AP from challenging the government's subpoena. AP president and CEO Gary Pruitt called it a "massive [...]

The Justice Department's seizure of phone records from the Associated Press news service as part of a leak investigation, revealed on May 13, constitutes a troubling encroachment on the freedom of the press. It underscores longstanding concerns about the Obama administration's willingness to trample the First Amendment in pursuit of government whistleblowers (Extra!, 9/11). Justice notified AP after the records--which cover phone calls from a two-month period from a variety of office, home and cell phones--had already been obtained, an unusual chronology that  prevented AP from challenging the government's subpoena. AP president and CEO Gary Pruitt called it a "massive [...]

During the run-up to the Iraq War, the New York Times amplified erroneous official claims about weapons of mass destruction (FAIR Action Alert, 9/8/06). Looking at the paper's coverage of allegations of chemical weapons use by Syria, some of the same patterns are clear: an over-reliance on official sources and the downplaying of critical or skeptical analysis of the available intelligence. In "Syria Faces New Claim on Chemical Arms" (4/19/13), the paper told readers that, according to anonymous diplomats, Britain and France had sent letters to the United Nations about "credible evidence" against Syria regarding chemical weapon use. On April [...]