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UNDER BUSH, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN FASCISM: Reporter who questioned Panetta “strong-armed” by securit…
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... UNDER BUSH, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN FASCISM: Reporter who questioned Panetta “strong-armed” by security. “Starks said that he’s covered the CIA for years and had never seen a reporter strong-armed that way before, adding that the agency is typically respectful of journalists.” ...
Panetta goon manhandles reporter
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... Hmmmmmm . I don’t recall any incident in which a Bush administration official had a bodyguard manhandle a reporter, at the CIA or anywhere else. Can you imagine the media reaction if this had happened a year ago? Following Leon Panetta’s confirmation hearing Thursday, several reporters approached the CIA director-designate in the hallway outside room G-50 in the Dirksen Building. There, CongressDaily reporter Chris Strohm — upon asking a question — was physically restrained by a man who accompanied Panetta at hearings both days. Strohm, when reached by phone Friday, said he ...
Obama’s Head Of CIA Has Bodyguard Manhandle Reporter
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Following Leon Panetta’s confirmation hearing Thursday, several reporters approached the CIA director-designate in the hallway outside room G-50 in the Dirksen Building.
There, CongressDaily reporter Chris Strohm — upon asking a question — was physically restrained by a man who accompanied Panetta at hearings both days.
Strohm, when reached by phone Friday, said he was unsure of the man’s role.
“I felt this hand grab my right arm and push me aside,” Strohm said.
By his account, ...
And So It Begins: Reporter Restrained After Panetta Hearing
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... if you will) informs them all that he is now in charge and this is the way things will be run now, a dictatorship … and when they responded with doubts, resistance, and opposing ideas … he had them ALL shot …
I dunno why I just shared this all with you. Except that for some reason it just struck me as highly interesting in conjunction with our wonderful new age of hope and change in our government and country.
Thatisall.
Politico:
By Michael Calderone
Following Leon Panetta’s confirmation hearing Thursday, several ...
AN “INADVERTENT” LEAK FROM THE U.S. ATTORNEY:
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... Yeah, sure, and the Post will sell you the Brooklyn Bridge real cheap, too.
Is anyone in the U.S. Attorney’s office going to lose their job over this? Will the Obama DOJ launch an investigation to make sure this wasn’t politically motivated? What would the Post and others have said if this had happened to, say, Howard Dean, during the Bush administration?
Well, that would have been a sign of incipient fascism. Er, I mean another sign . . . .
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