https://youtube.com/watch?v=R690JMzbd1U
National Public Radio’s Cokie Roberts slammed the Obama administration and the Department of Justice for its seizure of reporters’ phone records and for potentially prosecuting Fox News reporter James Rosen.
Earlier this week, the Washington Post reported that the Justice Department monitored Rosen’s phone records, e-mails, and movements in and out of the State Department; yesterday, Fox News anchor Bret Baier revealed the department also seized Rosen’s parents’ phone records.
“This is an attack on the American press big time,” she said on Morning Joe today. She pointed out that the Obama administration has prosecuted twice as many government employees for leaks than all past administrations combined, “and there’s still more to go.”
“This reporter is being prosecuted for what?” Roberts asked in defense of Rosen. ”He’s basically being prosecuted, if he is prosecuted, for doing his job.”