We covered this story 2 years ago, but now in the wake of recent scandals the incident is getting renewed attention. Judge Napolitano weighs in and says that what the feds did at the Gibson factory was “criminal.”
Whether Gibson imported banned wood was a civil issue. Agents should never have raided the factory in SWAT team fashion with machine guns drawn.
Sharyl Attkisson has doggedly pursued the “Fast and Furious” scandal and has refused to let go of the Benghazi story also, to the chagrin of many. CBS management even came out recently and said that her efforts were a little too tenacious.
Ms. Attkisson is not prepared to make any accusations yet pending discussions with her lawyer, but she definitely believes her files were compromised.
James Rosen, defense reporter for Fox News was tracked by the Department of Justice in 2009. His private emails were read, his comings and goings around Washington DC were monitored.
There’s still some independence in the establishment media, but more often than not, with big national stories, an idea is crafted at Media Matters and then is sent around to newsrooms all over Washington DC and New York. These talking points are picked up by producers and reporters and then repeated. Last year The Daily Caller, a conservative website, charged that Media Matters acted essentially as a ministry of information for the current administration.
No big deal. Just the Department of Justice seizing the phone records of reporters and editors over a 2 month period. Nothing weird or intimidating about that.
The Department of Justice and the pharmaceutical industry are not keen on pharmaceutical mail order. According the the DOJ the concern is that people are ordering illegal drugs through the mail from overseas pharmacies. No doubt this is true.
Man, that revolving door just keeps on turning. I am so glad to hear that the guy who deemed HSBC too “big to jail” is going back to be a white collar defense attorney. That he’s going back to defend the banks. I don’t see how a $4 million/year job could have influenced his tenure at Justice or anything.
Justice claims the Journal bribed officials to get information. In China? No, that can’t be.
Some at the paper think the “wistleblower” is a Chinese agent seeking revenge for the Journal’s reporting on high level officials.
