NYT Reporter Calls Obama Admin the "Greatest Enemy to the Press in a Generation."

[AuH20]

Ouch! That's going to leave a mark.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/17/james-risen-obama-greatest-enemy-press-freedom-generation



The New York Times reporter James Risen, who faces jail over his refusal to reveal a source and testify against a former CIA agent accused of leaking secrets, has called President Barack Obama “the greatest enemy of press freedom in a generation”.

Speaking to his colleague Maureen Dowd, Risen accused the president of aggressively pursuing journalists, including himself, who report sensitive stories that reflect poorly on the US government.

Risen faces jail over his reporting of a botched intelligence operation that ended up spilling nuclear secrets to Iran. The Justice Department has long been seeking to force him to testify and name the confidential source of the account, which is contained in his 2006 book State of War.

Risen recently failed in an attempt to have the supreme court review an order for him to testify, and acknowledges that he has exhausted all his legal options against the Justice Department’s pursuit of him under the controversial Espionage Act. In the face of incarceration that could come as early as this autumn, he is resorting instead to journalistic defiance.

Risen would be the first journalist to go to prison for failing to divulge sources since 2005, when the former New York Times reporter Judith Miller was jailed for contempt of court, after refusing to testify about a source before a federal grand jury.

“I was nervous for a long time, but they’ve been after me for six years so now I try to ignore it,” Risen told Dowd.

[Brian4Liberty]

The First Amendment was pretty much the last of the Bill of Rights still standing. Obama had to dismantle it. Fundamental change.

[Anti Federalist]

The First Amendment was pretty much the last of the Bill of Rights still standing. Obama had to dismantle it. Fundamental change.

Not quite:


No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law

Won't be long before we'll be required to serve meals to the SWAT raiders.

Killing dogs and blowing up toddlers makes a man hungry dontcha' know?

[Brian4Liberty]

Not quite:

Won't be long before we'll be required to serve meals to the SWAT raiders.


Yeah, the 3rd is a bit outdated in a time when they just tax you and build bases, stations, barracks and assorted other housing for soldiers. Or use your taxpayer money to pay for hotel rooms if it's a "travel" assignment.

But there have been a couple of cases like this...


Nevada Man Sues Police for Commandeering His Home to Surveil Neighbor

Just when it seemed the liberties protected by the Bill of Rights couldn’t possibly be in any greater peril of extinction, now the Third Amendment seems to be a candidate for inclusion on the endangered list.

A man and his family from suburban Las Vegas have sued local police for violation of their rights as guaranteed by the Third Amendment to the Constitution.

The Third Amendment reads: "No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law."

The tale told by Anthony Mitchell of how he and his family were robbed of these rights is compelling and cautionary.

Mitchell was sitting at home in Henderson, Nevada, on the morning of July 10, 2011, when the phone rang. Officer Christopher Worley of the Henderson Police Department was calling Mitchell to tell him that the police were going to take over his house. In order to gain “tactical advantage” over Mitchell’s next door neighbor, Officer Worley reportedly explained, police were going to set up shop in Mitchell’s house.

There was no asking if Mitchell would mind such a surrender of his home. The officer was informing Mitchell that they would be commandeering his house. In his legal complaint against the Henderson Police Department, Mitchell claims that he didn’t want to get involved with the police department’s operation against his neighbor and accordingly refused to let police occupy his home.

Not surprisingly, Mitchell’s refusal didn’t sit well with law enforcement.
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More:
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/15944-nevada-man-sues-police-for-commandeering-his-home-to-surveil-neighbor


SWAT team took over innocent woman’s house without permission to investigate neighbor

JACKSONVILLE, FL — A woman says a SWAT team kicked her out of her home and then helped themselves inside to gain a “tactical advantage” over a neighbor who was under investigation.
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More:
http://www.policestateusa.com/2014/swat-team-took-innocent-womans-house-without-permission/

[presence]

Yeah, the 3rd is a bit outdated in a time when they just tax you and build bases, stations, barracks and assorted other housing for soldiers. Or use your taxpayer money to pay for hotel rooms if it's a "travel" assignment.



Don't loose sight of history my friend.


The Quartering Act of 1765 required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies.
If the barracks were too small to house all the soldiers, then localities were to accommodate the soldiers in local inns, livery stables, ale houses, victualling houses, and the houses of sellers of wine. Should there still be soldiers without accommodation after all such publick houses were filled, the colonies were then required to take, hire and make fit for the reception of his Majesty's forces, such and so many uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings as shall be necessary.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/parliament-passes-the-quartering-act



Won't be long before we'll be required to serve meals to the SWAT raiders.


Our ancestors trigger fingers were twitchy long before they were ever forced to bed and breakfast.