Big Brother is Watching ... Us? (From the Washington Post)

Note from Blue: Truly sad news. But is it a surprise really? I guess Freedom of the Press (one of the founders' guarantees) is no longer part of our Constitution. It's been replaced, I guess, by Freedom of the NSA.

The Debate
by Emily Messner, Washington Post
Posted at 12:43 PM ET, 05/15/2006
Big Brother Is Watching ... Us???
ABC News reports that "the government is tracking the phone numbers we call in an effort to root out confidential sources" -- this according to, well, ABC's confidential sources.
According to the post at ABC's Blotter blog, sources also say the CIA leak investigation has included the examination of "phone calls and contacts" not just from ABC, but also from the New York Times and -- you guessed it -- The Washington Post. The writers of the story specifically say this is not a case of phone tapping, but "a pattern of phone calls from a reporter ... could provide valuable clues for leak investigators" about the identity of the reporter's confidential source.
If true, this is doubleplusungood.
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