මාධ්ය නිදහස ගැන හඬ නගන ඇමරිකානු බලධාරීහු ලෝරා පොසිට්රෑස් සහ නිව්යෝර්ක් ටයිම්ස් පුවත්පතේ ඡේම්ස් රයිසන් නැමැති මාධ්යවේදීන්ගේ නිදහසට බාධා පමුණුවන බව අනාවරණය වී ඇත.
NYT reporter Jim Risen says Obama's actions "will have a chilling effect on freedom of the press in the U.S.
ලෝරා පොසිට්රෑස් හිටපු සී. අයි. ඒ. නිලධාරී එඩ්වඩ් ස්නෝඩන්ගේ රහස් ලියවිලි ප්රකාශයට පත් කිරීමට සහය වී ඇති අතර,
ඡේම්ස් රයිසන් නැමැති මාධ්යවේදියාද ඇමරිකානු සී. අයි. ඒ. සංවිධානයේ තොරතුරු හෙළි කිරීමට මුල් වී ඇත.
The Obama DOJ’s effort to force New York Times investigative journalist Jim Risen to testify in a whistleblower prosecution and reveal his source is really remarkable and revealing in several ways; it should be receiving much more attention than it is. On its own, the whistleblower prosecution and accompanying targeting of Risen are pernicious, but more importantly, it underscores the menacing attempt by the Obama administration — as Risen yesterday pointed out — to threaten and intimidate whistleblowers, journalists and activists who meaningfully challenge what the government does in secret.
The subpoena to Risen was originally issued but then abandoned by the Bush administration, and then revitalized by Obama lawyers. It is part of the prosecution of Jeffrey Sterling, a former CIA agent whom the DOJ accuses of leaking to Risen the story of a severely botched agency plot — from 11 years ago — to infiltrate Iran’s nuclear program, a story Risen wrote about six years after the fact in his 2006 best-selling book, State of War. The DOJ wants to force Risen to testify under oath about whether Sterling was his source.
Like any good reporter would, Risen is categorically refusing to testify and, if it comes to that (meaning if the court orders him to testify), he appears prepared to go to prison in defense of press freedoms and to protect his source (just as some young WikiLeaks supporters are courageously prepared to do rather than cooperate with the Obama DOJ’s repellent persecution of the whistleblowing site). Yesterday, Risen filed a Motion asking the Court to quash the government’s subpoena on the ground that it violates the First Amendment’s free press guarantee, and as part of the Motion, filed a lengthy Affidavit that is amazing in several respects.
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