Comments on: More on the ABC News Phone Story http://poliblogger.com/?p=9981 A rough draft of my thoughts... Tue, 16 Nov 2025 04:25:28 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Honza Prchal http://poliblogger.com/?p=9981&cpage=1#comment-624817 Honza Prchal Wed, 17 May 2025 15:21:07 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=9981#comment-624817 As the Wall Street journal predicted long ago, what was sauce for the goose (the Administration) has become sauce for the gander (the press). Hoist by their own petards. Probably good for journalistic standards, certainly good for the CIA, bad for government in general unless it leads to people actually complaining to Congress and voersight agencies under our whistleblower statutes. As the Wall Street journal predicted long ago, what was sauce for the goose (the Administration) has become sauce for the gander (the press).

Hoist by their own petards.

Probably good for journalistic standards, certainly good for the CIA, bad for government in general unless it leads to people actually complaining to Congress and voersight agencies under our whistleblower statutes.

]]> By: LaurenceB http://poliblogger.com/?p=9981&cpage=1#comment-624816 LaurenceB Wed, 17 May 2025 15:20:49 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=9981#comment-624816 When I read the words "...they may only be obtained through established legal process", I am reminded of numerous similar statements by Ashcroft, Gonazalez, Bush, et al on similar isses - and those statements always turned out to be no more than attempts to hide wrong-doing behind deliberately misleading phrasing. It pains me to see how jaded I've become, because it seems to me that there was a time when I would not have had that reaction. When I read the words “…they may only be obtained through established legal process”, I am reminded of numerous similar statements by Ashcroft, Gonazalez, Bush, et al on similar isses – and those statements always turned out to be no more than attempts to hide wrong-doing behind deliberately misleading phrasing. It pains me to see how jaded I’ve become, because it seems to me that there was a time when I would not have had that reaction.

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