White_Male_Canada
09-01-2006, 02:44 AM
Fitzmass fizzled,now will the real scum will get frog marched to jail ? :P
By Myron Kukla
The Grand Rapids Press
HOLLAND -- New York Times reporters who broke the story of a three-year program of warrantless wiretapping of U.S. citizens will be in jail by yearend if they don't reveal their government sources, U.S. Rep. Peter Hoekstra predicted Wednesday.
The revelation last December has been a devastating blow to intelligence gathering, said Hoekstra, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.
"If people understood the threat out there (from terrorist organizations), Americans would be absolutely furious that the tools we have to track the terrorists have been lost," said Hoekstra, R-Holland, in an address to the Holland A.M. Rotary Club.
"The Justice Department is going after those who violated their oath of office by giving classified information to reporters. Those reporters will be sitting in jail by the end of the year until they reveal their sources."
Times reporters James Risen and Eric Lichtblau in a Dec. 16, 2005, story reported President Bush secretly authorized the National Security Agency in 2002 to eavesdrop on phone and e-mail communications of thousands of Americans, seeking information about terrorist planning.
The story said nearly one dozen current and former government officials provided details, but did not identify them.
Hoekstra said the Justice Department investigation likely will lead to a grand jury questioning individuals and reporters under oath.
Since the story broke, terrorists have used more pre-paid cell phones and tossed them away, making it hard to track them, Hoekstra said.
http://ww.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-32/1157035756208360.xml&coll=6
By Myron Kukla
The Grand Rapids Press
HOLLAND -- New York Times reporters who broke the story of a three-year program of warrantless wiretapping of U.S. citizens will be in jail by yearend if they don't reveal their government sources, U.S. Rep. Peter Hoekstra predicted Wednesday.
The revelation last December has been a devastating blow to intelligence gathering, said Hoekstra, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.
"If people understood the threat out there (from terrorist organizations), Americans would be absolutely furious that the tools we have to track the terrorists have been lost," said Hoekstra, R-Holland, in an address to the Holland A.M. Rotary Club.
"The Justice Department is going after those who violated their oath of office by giving classified information to reporters. Those reporters will be sitting in jail by the end of the year until they reveal their sources."
Times reporters James Risen and Eric Lichtblau in a Dec. 16, 2005, story reported President Bush secretly authorized the National Security Agency in 2002 to eavesdrop on phone and e-mail communications of thousands of Americans, seeking information about terrorist planning.
The story said nearly one dozen current and former government officials provided details, but did not identify them.
Hoekstra said the Justice Department investigation likely will lead to a grand jury questioning individuals and reporters under oath.
Since the story broke, terrorists have used more pre-paid cell phones and tossed them away, making it hard to track them, Hoekstra said.
http://ww.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-32/1157035756208360.xml&coll=6