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BUSH ADMIN:: Bush AG Alberto Gonzales: I didn’t subpoena on leak – POLITICO
By MB Snow at May 15, 2013 | 11:23 am
By KEVIN ROBILLARD | 5/15/13 10:46 AM EDT -- Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Wednesday that the Bush administration once considered issuing the type of subpoena that the Justice Department issued against the Associated Press, but ultimately opted against it. “There was at least one occasion in which we were engaged in a very serious leak ... Go To Article
ASSOCIATED PRESS left to fight alone by major media | Washington Times
By MB Snow at May 15, 2013 | 11:01 am
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - Middle Class Guy by Peter Bella -- CHICAGO, May 15, 2013 — Enough time has gone by in the news cycle for the country to know that the Department of Justice secretly collected and seized phone records from Associated Press and possibly its reporters. The news media should be outraged. Instead, they are silent. There are no screaming ... Go To Article
MEDIA DEMANDS EMAILS:: ABC, CNN Call for White House to Release Benghazi Emails
By MB Snow at May 15, 2013 | 10:31 am
by JOHN NOLTE 15 May 2013, 4:34 AM PDT -- ***UPDATE: NBC's senior White House correspondent joined the chorus Wednesday. On his MSNBC show, "The Daily Rundown," Chuck Todd looked into the camera and said, "Attention White House: Release all the emails." The headline has been updated to add NBC. Assuming they are the ones who leaked to CNN an email written by Ben ... Go To Article
SENATE DEMOCRATS Pushed for IRS Tea Party Snooping Before Criticizing It – Brian Walsh (usnews)
By MB Snow at May 15, 2013 | 10:25 am
By BRIAN WALSH, May 14, 2013 With Washington gripped by a trio of exploding scandals this week – from Benghazi to government spying on news outlets to thug tactics by the Internal Revenue Service – Senate Democrats seem to be hoping that if they just yell loud enough then voters will overlook a key role they played in at least one of them. They quickly sensed ... Go To Article
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WATCH LIVE:: ERIC HOLDER House Oversight Committee Hearing – FoxNews
By MB Snow at May 15, 2013 | 10:21 am
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OBAMA ADMINISTRATION:: Claim: Obama Campaign Co-Chair Attacked Romney with Leaked IRS Docs
By MB Snow at May 15, 2013 | 10:15 am
by MATTHEW BOYLE 14 May 2013 -- One of President Barack Obama's re-election campaign co-chairmen used a leaked document from the IRS to attack GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney during the 2012 election, according to the National Organization for Marriage (NOM). NOM, a pro-traditional marriage organization, claims the IRS leaked their 2008 confidential financial ... Go To Article
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PRIVACY:: The IRS wants YOU — to share everything – POLITICO
By MB Snow at May 15, 2013 | 10:06 am
By DAVID NATHER, TARINI PARTI and BYRON TAU -- A POLITICO review of documents from 11 tea party and conservative groups that the IRS scrutinized in 2012 shows the agency wanted to know everything — in some cases, it even seemed curious what members were thinking. The review included interviews with groups or their representatives from Hawaii, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas ... Go To Article
BOEHNER on IRS: ‘Who’s going to jail over this?’ – The Hill – covering Congress, Politics, Political Campaigns and Capitol Hill | TheHill
By MB Snow at May 15, 2013 | 9:01 am
By Russell Berman - 05/15/13 11:04 AM ET Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Wednesday that he wants to see the IRS employees responsible for targeting conservative groups behind bars. “My question isn’t about who’s going to resign, my question is, who’s going to jail over this scandal?” Boehner said at a Capitol press conference, as Republicans seized on ... Go To Article
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TED CRUZ: Just tell us the truth, Mr. President | WashEx
By MB Snow at May 15, 2013 | 5:41 am
Ted Cruz, May 14, It's never comforting to have one's longstanding fears confirmed. Yet, that's exactly what's happened over the last week as Americans have been presented with a stunning array of facts that diminish faith in our government. Whether it's on foreign policy, taxes, or the health-care system our lives depend on, members of the Obama Administration are ... Go To Article
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JOHN YOO: On the AP-Justice Department Story – Ricochet
By MB Snow at May 15, 2013 | 5:35 am
John Yoo · May 14, 201 The Justice Department's seizure of the AP's phone records shows that this administration cares far more about power than political and civil liberty. It has intruded on the freedom of the press in ways that the allegedly power-hungry Bush Administration would never have dreamed. When the Bush administration was wracked with the leaks of ... Go To Article
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