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The longer that the Obama administration remains in power during this lame-duck period, the more damage they do. With so many scandals and questionable actions on the part of not only the President himself, but also the Justice Dept. and others, I have to wonder what's next. It just gets worse with each passing day.
Justice Dept. secretly seized months of AP phone records: Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news.
The records obtained by the Justice Department listed incoming and outgoing calls, and the duration of each call, for the work and personal phone numbers of individual reporters, general AP office numbers in New York, Washington and Hartford, Connecticut, and the main number for AP reporters in the House of Representatives press gallery, according to attorneys for the AP.
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One saving grace, the outcry from politicians on both sides of the political isle will not be forgotten any day soon.
Lawmakers rip Justice Department over AP phone records grab: Lawmakers from both parties sharply questioned the Justice Department over its reported effort to secretly obtain two months of phone records from Associated Press journalists, with House Speaker John Boehner’s office saying “they better have a damned good explanation.”
The AP disclosed the department’s actions Monday afternoon, revealing that the news service had recently learned the department obtained records listing outgoing calls for the work and personal phone numbers of AP reporters and various AP offices. In all, the government seized the records for more than 20 separate telephone lines assigned to AP and its journalists in April and May of 2012.
Concern about what the AP’s top executive called an “unprecedented intrusion” quickly spanned party lines.
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As I said on my Facebook wall this morning, I'm tired of the uncivil antics of the Obama administration. It's time for a change and I hope both Democrat and Republican Congressmen will decide to put an end to this before things go any further. Who knows what un-American thing he'll do next.
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Al Colombo is a former trade journalist in the physical security and life safety markets. His 28-year career includes the title of Associate Editor with Security Distributing & Marketing Magazine and Technical Editor with Security Sales & Integration. His freelance work has also appeared in Security Dealer & Integrator, Locksmith Ledger, National Locksmith, Security & Life Safety, Alarm Installing Dealer, Electrical Contractor Magazine, and The Electrical Distributor, in addition to writing promotional copy for Honeywell Life Safety, Digital Monitoring Products, Home Automation Inc., Camden Door Controls, and numerous websites throughout cyberspace. To contact Al Colombo, click here.
