Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Wired Publishes NSA Docs

The Blog | Shayana Kadidal: "Klein-mas" in the NSA Litigation: the AT&T Whistleblower's Secret Documents Are Published | The Huffington Post: "Like Klein, Wired deserves a lot of credit for doing what they did. They did so just a day after the administration announced a new offensive against journalists who reveal embarrassing secrets about the NSA's illegal surveillance program. Just this Sunday, Alberto Gonzales announced that he believes journalists can be criminally prosecuted under federal law for publishing classified information. (The Klein documents weren't classified, but the document filed under seal in the Oregon case against the NSA program is.) In a move designed to chill sources more than reporters, Gonzales added that he would not hesitate to look at records of calls to reporters' telephone lines to track down the source of leaks. (Glenn Greenwald, back from his book-induced sabbatical from blogging, has a nice post on this. . .)"

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