It's especially depressing to read a defense of the Rosen warrant at @motherjones, which has such rich history of investigative reporting.
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 25, 2013
◼ Having studied the original documents in the case, Lizza isn’t impressed by the analysis provided by Mother Jones’ Kevin Drum, who found some hope for Obama administration fans in the New York Times’ reporting on the case. - Twitchy
Writes Drum:
In other words, [the Department of Justice] had to accuse Rosen of a crime in order to get the warrant approved. It was all pro forma, and doesn’t suggest anything one way or the other about whether they ever intended to actually charge Rosen with anything.No biggie, see. The government was actually after Stephen Jin-Woo Kim and never intended to charge Rosen with a crime. The Justice Department just needed to accuse him of committing a crime so it could secretly monitor his email account and his movements.
This is dumbest & most frightening take I've read on Rosen matter & I fear it's hardening into the liberal position: m.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/201…
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 25, 2013
@ryanlizza So Drum is OK with a DOJ that *literally* trumps up charges for the purpose of circumventing the 4th Amendment? Alrighty, then.
— George Wallace (@foolintheforest) May 25, 2013
@ryanlizza In other words, they had to make a threat they didn't mean in order to get around the law. In the real world we call that lying.
— Charles Flemming (@ChasFlemming) May 25, 2013
◼ IN THE MATTER OF JAMES ROSEN - Powerline
