President Barack Obama issued a statement heralding World Press
Freedom Day in May 2012, at the same time his Department of Justice was
secretly obtaining phone records from Associated Press reporters and
editors. “On this World Press Freedom Day, the United States honors the role
of a free press in creating sustainable democracies and prosperous
societies,” Obama said in a
statement
on May 3, 2012. “We pay special tribute to those journalists who have
sacrificed their lives, freedom or personal well-being in pursuit of
truth and justice.” The AP disclosed on Monday that the Justice Department
obtained telephone records
of 20 separate lines, including all outgoing calls and personal phone
numbers, in April and May of 2012. The AP is the world’s largest wire
service serving newspapers, websites and broadcast media...
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