[FedCom] White House criticizes news media for "reporting [that] was based on listening to a police scanner"

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Richard Crisp's inane political comment (see below) about this administration's
secrecy policy has no factual basis.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/23/AR2009092301958.html?hpid=topnews

Obama Tightens State Secrets Standard
New Policy May Affect Wiretap, Torture Suits

The Obama administration on Wednesday announced a new policy making it much more
difficult for the government to claim that it is protecting state secrets when
it hides details of sensitive national security strategies such as rendition and
warrantless eavesdropping...


>From: SmokeyKat at webtv.net
>Sent: Sep 11, 2009 1:11 PM
>To: Discussion of Federal Government Communications <fedcom at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: Re: [FedCom] White House criticizes news media for "reporting [that]
was based on listening to a police scanner"
>
>we could see more and more. communications. becomeing. less and less in
>the clear.   john...


>From: Richard Crisp <rdcrisp at earthlink.net>
>Sent: Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 4:17 PM
>To: Discussion of Federal Government Communications <fedcom at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: Re: [FedCom] White House criticizes news media for "reporting [that]
was based on listening to a police scanner"

> especially when you see who's in the white house these days