Holder Should Resign
Because I did over 50 interviews in the last two weeks on my book, I have not been able to blog as regularly as I would like. These interviews came as a result of the conclusion in my book that Obama may be worse than Nixon when it comes to national security press matters.
Today I have written a piece for the Daily Beast on why Eric Holder should resign. The reason is he is the first person ever in authority in the history of the United States to successfully characterize journalists as criminals. Much of the material in the article is based on the chapters of my book about Obama.
The President and his Attorney General have come under heavy attack for subpoenaing Associate Press behind AP’s back and characterizing Fox News reporter James Rosen as a co-conspirator in publishing a leaked story about North Korea’s nuclear plans.
In the case of Rosen, Holder alleged he had conspired with the leaker, a State Department consultant Stephen Kim.
Holder signed off on the warrant to search Rosen’s records and he said the reason for the warrant was because Rosen had conspired with Kim. Today the Associate Press said they would not attend an off-the-record meeting with Holder to discuss their differences. Holder wants to consider changes to the Attorney General’s guideline that cover the issuance of subpoenas to the press. AP does not want to be a participant in this discussion unless it is public.
Both Obama and Holder have tried to tamp down the controversy over the AP and Rosen subpoenas. At least for today, it does not appear they are going to be successful. I predicted much of this in my book and so I have been very much in demand.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/14/is-obama-worse-for-press-freedom-than-nixon.html
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