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In what should be seen an a violent attack on the First Amendment’s freedom of the press clause, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) made some shocking statements to Megyn Kelly of FOX News. King, a liberal NY Republican, not only believes that the government should prosecute the whistleblower who spilled the beans on Obama’s unconstitutional spying (NSA, “PRISM”) on American citizens, but should also prosecute the reporter who broke the story! Perhaps Congressman King hasn’t read the First Amendment in a while, so here’s a reminder:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”Here’s an excerpt of the interview of the interview, followed by the full video:
Kelly: “It’s not particularly newsworthy your calling for Snowden to be prosecuted because we’ve seen that over the past few days. But, to take it another step and say the journalist who published the information, the guys who publish what he leaked, that they should face prosecution, that is news. Do you believe that, stand by that, both (UK Guardian reporter, Glenn) Greenwald and the Washington Post reporter?”
Rep. Peter King: ”I’m talking about Greenwald. Greenwald, not only did he disclose this information, he said he has names of CIA agents and assets around the world and they’re threatening to disclose that. The last time that was done in this country, we saw the CIA agent murdered in Greece. No right is absolute, and even the press has certain restrictions. I think it should be very targeted and very selective and certainly a very rare exception. In this case, when you have someone who’s disclosed secrets like this and threatens to release more, then to me, yes, there has to be be. Legal action should be taken against him.”
