Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Trawling for Leakers

A senior federal law enforcement official tells ABC News the government is tracking the phone numbers we (Brian Ross and Richard Esposito) call in an effort to root out confidential sources.

"It's time for you to get some new cell phones, quick," the source told us in an in-person conversation. LINK

So you thought the NSA was just looking for terrorists? The above story is a significant tick of the clock that will turn America into a fascist state on the stroke of midnight. Of particular note are the comments posted to this story. There's one or two horrified posts followed by a string of winger "all you reporters belong in jail" fascist blather. A little lower down there's this comment by one Dawn Howard:
You do realize people are being paid by the Bush administration to attack the press publically on comment pages like this. I personally was offered a job doing it.

Look at the similarities in the comments.

She's quite right about the similarity of the comments. I'd be surprised if this is a White House operation. More likely the RNC or some other right-wing group that wouldn't know liberty from a hangman's noose.

Cheers,
Clemsy

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