So, that happened.
As Twitchy reported, The Washington Post is reporting that the Obama Department of Justice spied on Fox News’ James Rosen and accused him of criminal acts.
For doing his job.
The Obama Way: DOJ dumpster divers spied on Fox News reporter James Rosen – http://t.co/dTpCWgQVVu
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) May 20, 2013
Glenn Greenwald weighed in. Is he seeing the light? He was outraged.
Obama DOJ formally accuses journalist in leak case of committing crimes http://t.co/EbumaFW9Sk
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 20, 2013
Accusing James Rosen of committing crimes – for basic reporting – may be the most dangerous thing the Obama DOJ has done yet
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 20, 2013
Greenwald took to Twitter to slam the Obama cheerleading progressives who will surely try to excuse the Obama administration.
Must follow ➡@ggreenwald conversation on twitter. Waiting for the first #p2 to defend obamas DOJ spying on @foxnews Reporter #lnyhbt #tcot
— IRISH GIRL (@twiggyoh) May 20, 2013
@TLW3 I was waiting for the first "progressive" to cheer for the criminalizing of reporting because Fox is now the target of Obama's DOJ
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 20, 2013
@TLW3 You're a repulsive person – cheering for government attacks on media outlets that you don't like.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 20, 2013
@ASFried @RyanLizza Yes – publishing classified information is not a crime.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 20, 2013
@ggreenwald I'm sure Media Matters will have some helpful talking points out by noon, if not before.
— Tom Allen (@TomAllen314) May 20, 2013
Zing!
@ChrisRulon Good guesses. My $ is on Josh Marshall.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 20, 2013
@Pliny_theElder Can't go wrong with that guess.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 20, 2013
@ChrisRulon Yes, there are way too many plausible options to enable anything beyond a wild guess.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 20, 2013
Heh.
Greenwald then continued to further blast the thuggery of the Obama administration
Isn't it a crime for journalists to report classified information? Isn't it their job to verify if the info is classified?
— Zeno (@zenothink) May 20, 2013
@zenothink No – it is not a crime for journalists to report classified information.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 20, 2013
To address a widely believed myth: except in very rare circumstances, it is *not* a crime for journalists to report classified information
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 20, 2013
Here's Dana Priest explaining to Bill Bennett on MTP in 2006: it's not illegal to report classified information http://t.co/uwrDtaMYUv
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 20, 2013
@MattFilipowicz Things like divulging signal intelligence – watch the Dana Priest clip I just posted
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 20, 2013
@AllisonMY You don't know what you're talking about. The Rosen report does not arguably fall under the exceptions – not even DOJ claims this
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 20, 2013
@Ra__ Actually, every investigative journalist at this point says the same thing.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 20, 2013
@ggreenwald Reading the last third of the WaPo story suggests, yes, it does. And please don't condescend from your high horse.
— AllisonMY (@AllisonMY) May 20, 2013
@LushFace It's the basic law. Start at 4:00 here http://t.co/uwrDtaMYUv
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 20, 2013
@AllisonMY I don't know how else this can be explained to you – try Dana Priest, starting at 4:00 http://t.co/uwrDtaMYUv
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 20, 2013
@you_keepwalking Because reporting on classified information is NOT a crime http://t.co/EbumaFW9Sk
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 20, 2013
@K_Smith_MI yes
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 20, 2013
@dom1974 Reporting classified information is not a crime, even if you wish it were one http://t.co/TelrVYYwLZ
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 20, 2013
@AllisonMY It just shocks and disgusts me to watch people so eager to defend Obama that they cheer for criminalization of journalism.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 20, 2013
Bam.
@MattMckenna22 NO – Freedom of the press extends to everyone, not just MSNBC journalists and ones who cheer for Obama.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 20, 2013
Are you just noticing that, sir? Join the club: We’ve been disgusted for years.
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#StandWithRosen: ‘Enough is enough’; Citizens rally around DOJ-targeted James Rosen
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