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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-21-06 11:30 AM
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ABC Reporter: Bush 'Makes Me Feel As If We Are Drug Dealers or Terrorists'
Edited on Sun May-21-06 11:39 AM by kpete
ABC’s Ross: Surveillance of Journalists ‘Makes Me Feel…As If We Are Drug Dealers or Terrorists’

This morning on CNN’s Reliable Sources, ABC’s chief investigative correspondent Brian Ross — who this week learned he was the target of federal surveillance operations — described the effect that unchecked spying is having on journalists:

ROSS: it makes me feel, in a way — and this is, I think, the disturbing part — as if we are drug dealers or terrorists trying to traffic in information, and should we be using bags full of quarters like old Mafia capos to avoid having our phone calls traced? I don’t think I’m doing anything wrong; I don’t think any other reporter is, either. We’re trying to cover these stories, which are difficult, but which are very important.

Ross also revealed that the surveillance has had a chilling effect on his sources, who now risk being exposed:

I’m working on a big story now with people who are confidential sources inside the Federal Air Marshal Service. They were all alarmed that they might be exposed as talking with me in violation of rules. So it’s of great concern.


video and transcript at:
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/21/ross-surveillance/
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charlie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-21-06 11:32 AM
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1. It's not about you Ross
Cripes. Cut the whining. Where's your OUTRAGE as an American in behalf of ALL Americans, you simpering shit?!
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MissWaverly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-21-06 11:35 AM
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2. freedom of speech & freedom of the press guarantee freedom
I remember growing up doing the Cold War, 1 of the things that they emphasized as loss of
democracy was a loss of these rights.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-21-06 04:58 PM
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16. I'm remember being very chilled last year...
When I read a story on DU about a survey of teens and a HUGE number of them (I think over 50%) thought it was okay for the government to approve stories before they were aired or printed.
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MissWaverly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-21-06 05:41 PM
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22. well, I saw ABC This Week
and I defintely think that George had fire in his eyes when he interviewed AG Gonzales
about the journalist being investigated for criminal charges regarding classified information,
I really don't see what the crime is when it's about reporting on an illegal activity.
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Toots Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-21-06 11:55 AM
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3. the surveillance has had a chilling effect on his sources,
Mission Accomplished
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Uncle Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-21-06 12:01 PM
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4. First they came after the heads
Edited on Sun May-21-06 01:01 PM by Uncle Joe
But I was not worried because I was not a head.
Then they came after the homosexuals
But I was not worried because I was not a homosexual.
Then they came after the journalists
But I was not..... WTF!
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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-21-06 12:43 PM
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5. But, but reporters can still write about missing white women...
and alligators who eat missing white women.
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LuckyLib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-21-06 12:51 PM
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6. Then Brian, you start rallying that simpering clan of "reporters"
you call colleagues and begin the process of doing your job and fighting back. You dig, develop "Deep Throat" sources, tell the truth, and reveal the corruption of this administration! The media needs to take its collective power and get to work!
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-21-06 12:56 PM
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7. sorry, but I have to do this.....Yeah, that'll happen soon
Edited on Sun May-21-06 12:57 PM by Gabi Hayes
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-21-06 01:09 PM
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8. If the media had not been complicit right from the start, they would not
be in this situation now.
I cannot feel any more sympathy for the reporters than I feel for the rest of the American citizens who have been subject to this for over 5 years already.
NOW the media finally understand how it feels!!!
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-21-06 01:20 PM
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9. This is what happens when you let the private world into government
for too many generations. It's a reverse coup. They came in through the backdoor and destroyed out constitution.
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-21-06 02:06 PM
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10. Maybe the media will stand up and defend themselves now...
Naaa, why bother.

Probably better to just whine about it a little and hope a wealthy white person gets abducted soon for a chance to do some real "hard-hitting" journalism.
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happydreams Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-21-06 02:28 PM
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11. The news media needs to go on the offensive. Hell, they already
know the Bushies attitude toward a free Press. Put the Government people responsible for this that lawsuits will be filed if freedom of the Press is impinged.
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happydreams Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-21-06 03:44 PM
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12. Oops. Third sentence after "this" should read:
Edited on Sun May-21-06 03:45 PM by happydreams
"on notice"
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cassiepriam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-21-06 04:15 PM
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13. Karma time for the media.... you reap what you sow...... nt
Edited on Sun May-21-06 04:29 PM by cassiepriam
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tinfoilinfor2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-21-06 04:28 PM
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14. Seems to me that the harder the government makes it for reporters
to get information, the more important it is for the reporters to do just that.

:shrug:
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Ms. Clio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-21-06 04:57 PM
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15. that's how the NSA illegal domestic surveillance makes me feel, too
Like tens of millions of Americans are the "enemy."
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-21-06 04:59 PM
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17. I'm sure any regular on DU...
is on a list of "Enemies" somewhere.
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wordpix2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-21-06 05:07 PM
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20. ruh, roh, that makes me want to take my profile off
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-21-06 05:09 PM
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21. too late for that...
But, I bet if you studied numbers over the last 5 1/2 years since DU was founded, more people from DU have been audited by the IRS than among the population in general. Just a wild guess on my part.
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Ms. Clio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-21-06 09:34 PM
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25. that's what I reckon, too
So go Cheney yourself, NSA spooks.
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-21-06 05:04 PM
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18. solidarity could preserve their independence
If members of the press would only realize that their salvation and their independence rests in their solidarity against intimidation!!


They'd better start pushing back right now. Right now!

And we need to give them cover by demanding they stand up. Renew all efforts to contact members of their professional organizations and demand they push back. Society of Professional Journalists. National Press Club. White House Correspondents Association. Editor & Publisher Magazine. Yada yada yada.

PUSH BACK! GET MAD!
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-21-06 06:38 PM
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23. I don't think they could care much less....they know where their
bread comes from, and on which side the butter lies

the ones that stand up, like Bob Parry, lose their jobs, and are gulagged to the web, never to be heard from again in the mainstream
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wordpix2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-21-06 05:06 PM
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19. drip, drip, drip, BushCo will not be able to stop all leaks, all reporters
& all Congresspeople like Conyers, Hinchey & Feingold dedicated to getting the truth. The BushCo admin is going down and stopping some leaks and reporters here and there will not prevent the house of cards from falling down. The pRes can save some of his funny one-liners for talent night at the jailhouse. :evilgrin:
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Marr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-21-06 06:44 PM
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24. Makes you wonder what *hasn't* been leaked, doesn't it?
So many criminal actions have already leaked, but they're not focussed on defusing those- they're focussed on halting future leaks. Makes me wonder what they're so worried about.
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linazelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-21-06 10:26 PM
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26. Mission Accomplished. n/t
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rman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-22-06 08:05 AM
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27. On 10-11-2001 all Americans became suspect,
one day after the US was attacked by 19 Arab terrorists.

Makes perfect sense in a neocon world.
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