Capitol Hill Blue is reporting that the Bush administration is setting out to prosecute reporters who have written articles unfavorable to Bush's actions in the "war on terror".
They are taking their "shoot the messenger" stuff way too far -- persecuting (and possibly prosecuting) those who expose the administration's own transgressions. And, in doing so, they threaten one of our fundamental freedoms.
Our founding fathers must be spinning in their graves.
An excerpt from the Capitol Hill Blue story:
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Using many of the questionable surveillance and monitoring techniques that brought both questions and criticism to his administration, President George W. Bush has launched a war against reporters who write stories unfavorable to his actions and is planning to prosecute journalists to make examples of them in his "war on terrorism."
Bush recently directed Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to use "whatever means at your disposal" to wiretap, follow, harass and investigate journalists who have published stories about the administration's illegal use of warrantless wiretaps, use of faulty intelligence and anything else he deems "detrimental to the war on terror."
Reporters for The New York Times, which along with Capitol Hill Blue revealed use of the National Security Agency to monitor phone calls and emails of Americans, say FBI agents have interviewed them and criminal prosecutors at the Justice Department admit they are laying "the groundwork for a grand jury that could lead to criminal charges."
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