Former CBS Reporter Claims Government Bugged Her Computer

[Brian4Liberty]

Former CBS Reporter Claims Government Bugged Her Computer
http://benswann.com/former-cbs-repor...-her-computer/
By Annabelle Bamforth - Oct 28, 2014

Sharyl Attkisson, an Emmy Award-winning former investigative reporter for CBS News, has revealed a startling claim in her upcoming book detailing difficulties working with the Obama administration that a “government-related entity” placed spyware on her computer and planted classified documents on it.

Attkisson worked for CBS for nearly 20 years before resigning in March 2014. She resigned following months of alleged discord between herself and CBS. Attkisson reportedly grew frustrated with CBS allegedly attempting to whitewash several of her reporting endeavors, such as investigating the Benghazi scandal.

Attkisson told the New York Post that the media tends to avoid or minimize certain reports that news station advertisers might find offensive...
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In an interview with the New York Post, Attkisson claims that while CBS lost interest in her investigative reporting, the White House voiced objection to her investigations of the Obama administration. She said that Deputy White House Press Secretary Eric Schultz once yelled at her about the Fast and Furious scandal, saying “the Washington Post is reasonable, the LA Times is reasonable, The New York Times is reasonable. You’re the only one who’s not reasonable!”

Attkisson has come forward with the bold accusation that a “government-related entity” bugged her computer to spy on her. She said that in 2013 she had her computer checked for spyware and it was discovered that an “otherwise innocuous e-mail” caused a security breach. Attkisson said her source, an individual she calls Number One “connected to government three-letter agencies,” told her that her computer was compromised by a “a sophisticated entity that used commercial, nonattributable spyware that’s proprietary to a government agency: either the CIA, FBI, the Defense Intelligence Agency or the National Security Agency.”
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Attkisson said Number One also discovered three classified documents “buried deep” in her operating system. “In a place that, unless you’re a some kind of computer whiz specialist, you wouldn’t even know exists.”

In 2013, CBS acknowledged that “Attkisson’s computer was accessed by an unauthorized, external, unknown party on multiple occasions in late 2012,” before Attkisson pointed to the federal government as the culprit.
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More:
http://benswann.com/former-cbs-repor...-her-computer/

[Anti Federalist]

USA Today's Susan Page Says Obama Administration Most 'Dangerous' To Press In U.S. History

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/1...n_6060424.html

28 Oct 2014

Yet another journalist has come out against the seemingly unprecedented secrecy of the Obama administration.

USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page said at a White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) event on Saturday that the current administration is more threatening to press freedom than "any administration in American history." Page said she was "really worried" about what could happen if the White House continues to prevent reporters from doing their job of telling the news and telling the truth.

“This administration has been more restrictive and more challenging to the press, more dangerous to the press, really, than any administration in American history,” Page said. “I think access to the White House has just gotten worse and worse.”

In January, former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson called the Obama administration "the most secretive White House" she has ever encountered as a journalist.

Associated Press Washington Bureau Chief Sally Buzbee also chimed in on White House transparency in September, citing daily "intimidation" tactics and firmly stating that the current administration is "significantly worse than previous administrations."

[georgiaboy]

I thought I remembered her.

http://www.c-span.org/search/?search...uery=attkisson

[Occam's Banana]

USA Today's Susan Page Says Obama Administration Most 'Dangerous' To Press In U.S. History

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USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page said at a White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) event on Saturday that the current administration is more threatening to press freedom than "any administration in American history." Page said she was "really worried" about what could happen if the White House continues to prevent reporters from doing their job of telling the news and telling the truth.

Oh, is that so?

Well, why don't we just see what a Deputy White House Press Secretary has to say:

[...] Deputy White House Press Secretary Eric Schultz once yelled [...], saying “the Washington Post is reasonable, the LA Times is reasonable, The New York Times is reasonable. You’re the only one who’s not reasonable!”

Case closed!

[enhanced_deficit]

Obama worse than Nixon on Harassing Journalists?

[Suzanimal]

Most transparent administration ever.

[kpitcher]

slashdot has a technical discussion on this. She has a video up that was taken 9 months after the incident happened. What was recorded appears to be a stuck - or held down as the cam doesn't get the whole keyboard - backspace key. The consensus I see is : If you can't report news you should make something up to become news.

http://news.slashdot.org/story/14/11...icious-hacking

[enhanced_deficit]

Sharyl Attkisson’s damning charge: CBS helped Obama lie about Benghazi

November 9, 2014 by Tom Tillison 41 Comments


While plugging her new book, “Stonewalled: My Fight for Truth Against the Forces of Obstruction, Intimidation, and Harassment in Obama’s Washington,” Attkisson told CNN’s Michael Smerconish that Obama wrongly stated in a presidential debate with GOP challenger Mitt Romney that he initially called the Benghazi attack an “act of terror.”


Read more: http://www.bizpacreview.com/2014/11/09/sharyl-attkissons-damning-charge-cbs-helped-obama-lie-about-benghazi-157778