A little bit??? I'd call that the understatement of the century.


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On Hugh Hewitt’s radio show earlier this week, outgoing Columbia Journalism School Dean Nick Lemann reacted to the Obama administration’s tactics in investigating leaks to journalists.


Lemann said there was a sense of “outrage” over the seizure of phone records from Associated Press journalists and surveillance of Fox News Channel’s James Rosen.


“The reaction is pretty much outrage,” Lemann said. “You know, there was a time, a really long time ago, when administrations and journalists were really cozy, and it probably happened more in Democratic administrations such as the famous incident when President John F. Kennedy went from the last inaugural ball to Joseph Alsop’s house for a party. But you know, the Obama administration is taking it a little bit far. But really, you know, the press and White House have a hostile relationship. And this is merely the latest example. Reporters, as is their job, try to pry loose information that administrations don’t want out there. But I do think you do cross a line when you start using legal means to essentially spy on reporters.”



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Carl Spencer
The real test here is whether or not we will see even a lick of justice for the crimes comitted against the constitution, our rights and free speech. 
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Rocky
There seems to be no public conscience in favor of right over wrong. I'm totally for changes to the Constitution provided it's desired by the majority and the voting is fair. But to run amok over the Constitution, tradition and the will of the people is going too far.

If obama and the Left want t...
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