Come Clean: Groups Demand Transparency from Attorney General Eric Holder

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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/05/25



A day after President Obama ordered Attorney General Eric Holder to review the Justice Department’s guidelines regarding interactions with the press, Free Press and a diverse coalition of civil liberties, digital rights and open government groups weighed in on the agency’s treatment of journalists’ sources and information.

Representing millions of Americans, 62 groups signed the letter, demanding a full, transparent account of the Justice Department’s targeting of journalists and whistleblowers. The letter and full list of signers follow below.

Among the signers were the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Library Association, the Communications Workers of America, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Sunlight Foundation and the Writers Guild of America East.

The letter asserts that the Justice Department’s actions are not just a threat to press freedom, but to a healthy democracy. “The Obama administration promised a new era of openness and transparency,” the letter reads. “Your actions, which expand secrecy and intimidate those trying to shed more light on our government, run counter to that promise.”

[Democracyinkind]

1. Funny how this is the first time in 5 years

that I don't want him to resign...

[graham4anything]

2. Eric Holder has NOTHING to apologize for. I have his back.

This is a faux scandal and a smear and a dirty trick by the republican party.