Altercating Again
Sorry for the less frequent posting today, I guest-hosted again at Eric Alterman's Altercation. Today's topic is Hold the Story, the Treasury Department's request to the New York Times and LA Times not to publish their reports on the Administration's program to obtain international bank records using administrative subpoenas issued without court authorization.
My view:
The newspapers were right to publish reports on the program. We have an Administration that operates in incredible secrecy and a President who believes he can trump the will of Congress and bypass the Courts. Given the NSA warrantless electronic surveillance program and the huge surge in the use of national security letters to obtain our phone records and more, we cannot just take them at their word.
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