Yesterday, New York Times bestselling author, Carol Roth, invited me to discuss my essay, Too Big to Jail, on The Noon Show on WGN Radio. Listen here.
As always, let me know what you think.
ICYMI: My conversation with @caroljsroth RE #TooBigtoJail
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My Open Letter to the #DOJ via @Redstate
Today’s “Featured Story” on http://www.RedState.com
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@RyanLizza’s feed on the @Twitter today is a historical document
Ryan Lizza’s profile on the Twitter reads: “Washington Correspondent for The New Yorker, Contributor for CNN, aider, abettor and/or co-conspirator.” First, God bless the aiders, abettors and co-conspirators who take their job seriously. Second, taking a page from @TwitchyTeam, instead of retweeting every tweet Ryan posted today, I’m compiling them here in order. In a few years, we can come back to these posts and realize it was the day we decided to take our country back OR it was the day we all just gave up.
I give you Ryan Lizza’s tweets from today:
WP piece about another DOJ leak investigation is absolute must-read: m.washingtonpost.com/local/a-rare-p… Tactics used against Fox’s Rosen are outrageous.
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
The Obama admin has accused Fox News of breaking the law in the course of doing routine reporting m.washingtonpost.com/local/a-rare-p…
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
DOJ: Fox News reporter broke law “at the very least, either as an aider, abettor and/or co-conspirator.” Had personal emails seized by gov.
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
“Obama the former constitutional law professor cares deeply about the balance between freedom and security.” thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/…
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
High bar! RT @byrontau: For all the administration’s crackdown on leakers, I don’t believe it has actually jailed a working journalist.
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
.@motherjones: Is the Government Spying on Reporters More Often Than We Think? m.motherjones.com/politics/2013/…
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
This–> MT @ggreenwald: It just shocks & disgusts me to watch ppl so eager to defend Obama that they cheer 4 criminalization of journalism.
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
Here’s what the US Attorney’s office sent over in response to this morning’s WP piece on DOJ going after James Rosen. twitter.com/RyanLizza/stat…
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
According to search warrant, DOJ went after Rosen’s personal gmail account.
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
And then, this:
I’ve obtained a copy of the Rosen search warrant. Will tweet some excerpts…
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
44 pages long
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
Warrant served on Google. Unclear if/when Rosen was informed.
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
“investigation into the SUBJECT ACCOUNT indicates it is an e-mail account used by a national news reporter (hereinafter “the Reporter”).
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
This is the most chilling section. Absolutely amazing… twitter.com/RyanLizza/stat…
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
DOJ said Rosen may have committed “conspiracy to violate” law against leaking classified info, “punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment.”
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
I’m not a lawyer, but this affidavit suggests that DOJ used argument that Rosen was part of the conspiracy as a way to get around law… 1/2
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
…preventing DOJ from seizing work product materials from journalists. 2/2
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
I’ll have the full search warrant posted at the newyorker.com momentarily. Lots for legal folks to dig into…
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
Phone calls monitored… twitter.com/RyanLizza/stat…
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
Movements monitored… twitter.com/RyanLizza/stat…
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
Fun footnote… twitter.com/RyanLizza/stat…
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
“a clandestine communications plan” twitter.com/RyanLizza/stat…
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
If James Rosen’s “clandestine communications plan” were illegal, every journalist in Washington would be locked up. Unreal.
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
Also obvious from search warrant: DOJ already had Kim completely nailed. They didn’t need to get Rosen’s emails.
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
Good lord. Just read this (1/2): twitter.com/RyanLizza/stat…
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
Just read this (2/2): twitter.com/RyanLizza/stat…
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
This search warrant has every indication that Justice was looking to indict James Rosen. Includes a reference to “their guilt.”
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
FULL search warrant is now posted here: nyr.kr/18Z0wmi
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
FBI wanted “”all e-mails in the Reporter’s [gmail] account” over 2-day period to ferret out “any other sources” newyorker.com/online/blogs/n…
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
Take a breather. Now let this next one sink in. I am actually one of these people:
If you emailed James Rosen, or received an email from him, on June 10/11, 2009, Google gave it to the FBI. newyorker.com/online/blogs/n…
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
Page 29: “Because of the Reporter’s own potential criminal liability in this matter, we believe requesting…” (1/2) newyorker.com/online/blogs/n…
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
“…the voluntary production of the materials from Reporter would be futile” and pose threat to investigation. (2/2) newyorker.com/online/blogs/n…
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
Language of warrant emphasizes repeatedly they want emails because ROSEN may have committed a crime, not just Kim. newyorker.com/online/blogs/n…
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
Before search warrant, FBI sent a “preservation letter” to Google and Google kept Rosen’s emails intact. newyorker.com/online/blogs/n…
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
Also, be sure to read the Conclusion on pg. 36: newyorker.com/online/blogs/n… twitter.com/RyanLizza/stat…
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
Fox News statement: “We are outraged to learn today that James Rosen was named a criminal co-conspirator for simply…” mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fox-n…
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
Judging from WH response at Carney briefing, have 2 assume Obama has no problem w/way DOJ targeted James Rosen. Completely unbothered by it.
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
Today’s WH briefing is surreal. Reporters can’t get @presssec to garner a shred of concern about DOJ calling James Rosen a criminal.
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
And finally, this last one. It’s all me.
Don’t care what think of Obama, @foxnews, or reporters. The FACT is #DOJ tried to make American CITIZEN @jamesrosenfnc a disposable pawn.
— Patrick Millsaps (@PatrickMillsaps) May 20, 2013
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#TooBigToJail via @RedState
I hope you enjoy my latest submission to http://www.redstate.com entitled Too Big to Jail.
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News from #Cleveland Compilation
The breaking news out of Cleveland about the rescue of three girls kidnapped TEN YEARS AGO is amazing. Here are some of the must see videos, tweets and reports so far:
Listen to Amanda Berry's frantic 9-1-1 call to police: I'm here. I'm free now," a frant… bit.ly/16PDhLU bit.ly/eiiTv2—
Community Ohio (@CommunityOhio) May 07, 2013
Two teen girls, missing since 2003 and 2004, found alive in Cleveland, police say – @WEWS bit.ly/13ZBGyV—
Breaking News (@BreakingNews) May 06, 2013
Three missing women found in Cleveland, Ohio, home. Stay with CNN TV for live coverage. on.cnn.com/10f17bS—
(@CNN) May 07, 2013
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@RWitherspoon and friends.
First, DUI’s are no laughing matter. Having represented the family of a young man who was killed by a drunk driver, making light of drunk driving is dangerous and irresponsible.
Second, the Georgia State Patrol officer handling the Witherspoon stop was extremely professional, polite and by-the-book in handling the situation seen below. I have many friends on the GSP and they are a credit to their uniform and to the Great State of Georgia.
All of that being said, before you decide to drink and drive, remember it could show up on You Tube for all the world (and future employers) to see:
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“Gosnelled” (h/t @AriFleischer, @jrubinblogger)
The coverage Gosnell case is the smoking gun when it comes to the bias that exists in the main stream media.
Ari Fleischer summed it brilliantly in one tweet:
How media bias works: Treyvon Martin (race relations)=feeding frenzy. Newton (gun control)=frenzy. Gosnell (abortion)=no frenzy
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) April 14, 2013
Jennifer Rubin expanded on this in her column: The mainstream media: See no evil, hear no evil, report no evil.
Rubin writes:
Under extreme duress from conservative news media (outlets such as NewsBusters, Breitbart.com, National Review and the Weekly Standard and bloggers including Michelle Malkin and Mollie Hemingway who have been on the case for a couple of years now) and with an added push from CNN’s Jake Tapper and Democratic journalist Kirsten Powers, the mainstream media began Friday to cover the horrific trial of abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell. Only then did media critics, who hadn’t noticed the MSM not covering the story, begin covering the media’s delinquency.
She continues:
Story selection is the most insidious form of bias and the most dishonest, for it conceals, rather than illuminates, events for the public. With the advent of Twitter, an even worse form of bias has emerged: Mainstream journalists trying to debunk the coverage of conservative outlets of stories the MSM is refusing to acknowledge.
Thus, the main stream media has gotten their hand caught in the cookie jar. Going forward, I propose a new word for bloggers, reporters, columnists, editors, authors, Websters and folks who enjoy the Twitter: GOSNELLED.
The working definition of this short hand is, “An intentional cover up of a newsworthy story by the #MSM when subject matter raises questions about position championed by Left.”
Examples:
The truth about the Benghazi attacks has been gosnelled.
The WH press core is gosnelling the administration’s lack of understanding about the economy.
What do you think? Any suggestions for the definition? Try using “gosnelled” in a sentence in the comments section of this blog.
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