Thom Hartmann: Is Pres. Obama illegally spying on US journalists?

Stephen Webster, Senior Editor-Raw Story, joins Thom Hartmann. Is President Obama illegally spying on American journalists? That's what Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and New York Times reporter James Risen says in an affidavit he filed earlier this week. After publishing a book detailing the CIA's mission to sabIran's nuclear program - Risen claims the CIA started monitoring his incoming and outgoing calls to discover his sources. His surveillance began under the Bush administration and continued through the Obama administration. Risen argues that the CIA campaign against him will, "have a chilling effect on freedom of the press in the United States." So how is this allowed to happen in a nation that's supposed to have freedom of the press?

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[MRELTUCO2]

This is fucked up.When are we going to march on Washington?

[Zed Alfa]

If there's any spying of US journalists going on, I don't think its going on illegally as they have just about completely shredded the Constitution by now making it legal for the US Government to basically do whatever it wants.

Tell me I am wrong.

[DeutcherKonnig]

People engaged in spying on and intimidating whistle blowers share a special flavor of arrogance with politicians and the ultra rich. They are a God less bunch and therefore any and all actions that advance their power and wealth, even blatantly criminal behavior is rationalized.

There are those that walk around shining light on the world and then these types, wretched rats scurrying around sewers.

[transientdreams]

I hope people are paying attention here. I stopped watching TV 3&1/2 years ago because of economics and after 2 months of cold sweats, I could never watch it again (Besides 49er games& Super bowl games). TV, Fluoride, Vaccines...ALL poison to the brain!~

[Kevin Japanangka]

Of course Obama is spying on journos, why not? Arseholes every one of them.

If I lived over there, I would line up ALL journalists, separating them with lawyers and banksters, then shoot the bloody lot of them!

[ttboy1076]

free my fucking ass...

[JEAN BEAUDRY]

@ZedAlfa273 why is obamaCare under attack by potus and not NDAA? and other Unconstitutional Bills?

[wotan237]

When the ruckus over the Bush regimes domestic surveillance erupted, i thought this was amazing, since my understanding is that the NSA illegally listened in on all calls etc. since before Clinton...

[mahavira108]

No worries Thom, we know you will be campaigning for 0bama in 2012. You'll forget all this and throw your support behind him, hoping he will magically turn into FDR.

[James Workman]

ONLY Official Government News Releases will be Tolerated!

WAKE UP!!

Protests do NOT! WORK!!!

40 Years of Protests got us here!!

We will have to Organize and Fight!!!

But after the Baby Boomer enjoy retirement and die!

they Particiapted in this Lie for all those years and want to know enjoy the spoils of thier Participation!!

You Young People can deal with later! after the Government collects all the guns!

[Search4diabetescure]

OBAMA = Monkey Man in the White House.

He wakes up with overwhelming urges to climb and swing from branch to branch, and  does do daily. When he satisfied his urges, he comes down for breakfast of bananas and coconuts, and sometimes papayas and mangoes. He cannot help himself.