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CNN Botches Key Facts In Holder Story
CNN Botches Key Facts In Holder Story
ERIC BOEHLERT
Reporting that House Republicans are investigating whether Attorney General Eric Holder lied to Congress during his recent testimony about Justice Department seizures of communications records in connection with a national security leak investigation, CNN's Dana Bash misstated key facts of the controversy. In so doing, CNN helped bolster the hollow claims of Republicans -- wildly hyped by Fox News -- that Holder may have perjured himself...CNN's first mistake: In the Congressional testimony cited, Holder did not address the idea of charging reporters with a crime for "obtaining leaked material," as CNN suggested in its report. Instead, Holder said he had never been involved with potentially charging a reporter for "the disclosure of material." (i.e. Obtaining and disclosing materials are two different acts.)
Then later in the piece, CNN misstated the contents of the FBI warrant request:
The CNN report additionally claimed Rosen was labeled a "co-conspirator" to "the crime of disclosing government secrets." Both claims are inaccurate.
According to the FBI warrant request, Fox's Rosen was labeled a "co-conspirator" not because he "received" leaked information or disclosed it, but because, according to the FBI, he solicited the information.
From NBCNews.com:
That is a key point that journalists ought to be clear about when reporting this story: The FBI did not name Rosen as a "co-conspirator" because he obtained classified information. The FBI named Rosen in the affidavit because he was viewed as having encouraged his source to break the law.
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http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/05/29/cnn-botches-key-facts-in-holder-story/194249
ERIC BOEHLERT
Reporting that House Republicans are investigating whether Attorney General Eric Holder lied to Congress during his recent testimony about Justice Department seizures of communications records in connection with a national security leak investigation, CNN's Dana Bash misstated key facts of the controversy. In so doing, CNN helped bolster the hollow claims of Republicans -- wildly hyped by Fox News -- that Holder may have perjured himself...CNN's first mistake: In the Congressional testimony cited, Holder did not address the idea of charging reporters with a crime for "obtaining leaked material," as CNN suggested in its report. Instead, Holder said he had never been involved with potentially charging a reporter for "the disclosure of material." (i.e. Obtaining and disclosing materials are two different acts.)
Then later in the piece, CNN misstated the contents of the FBI warrant request:
An FBI affidavit used to obtain the warrant for Rosen's e-mails said there was probable cause the reporter had broken the law when he allegedly received a leaked classified report from a State Department contractor.
The CNN report additionally claimed Rosen was labeled a "co-conspirator" to "the crime of disclosing government secrets." Both claims are inaccurate.
According to the FBI warrant request, Fox's Rosen was labeled a "co-conspirator" not because he "received" leaked information or disclosed it, but because, according to the FBI, he solicited the information.
From NBCNews.com:
In a 2010 affidavit in support of the search warrant, an FBI agent named Rosen as a possible "co-conspirator" in the case because he "asked, solicited and encouraged" Kim to give him information.
That is a key point that journalists ought to be clear about when reporting this story: The FBI did not name Rosen as a "co-conspirator" because he obtained classified information. The FBI named Rosen in the affidavit because he was viewed as having encouraged his source to break the law.
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http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/05/29/cnn-botches-key-facts-in-holder-story/194249
The Rosen Case: Questions About the Kim Warrant
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022916290
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