0 the united states and the folks in the white house were being informed of and engaged in on a criminal investigation into a leak that presumably, because it s a leak of classified information, has to do with a leak that emanated from somewhere within the federal government? that would be viewed as absolutely inappropriate and in past histories of previous administrations beyond inappropriate. it is entirely appropriate that we are not informed of the progress or the methods used by federal prosecutors in criminal investigations. yeah. we should not. but what the president can say, as he did before, is that he has two dominant interests in issues like these. one, to protect our national security secrets. because the consequences of leaking national security secrets are real and they can, in fact, be deadly. they can engage the lives of americans overseas. a. b he has an overriding interest for the sake of our democracy of the first amendment. freedom of the press. freedom of s
0 the month, june 30th, 1971, the case had gone to the supreme court. they started publishing it on the 13th. by the 30th, the supreme court had a ruling that the government could not block newspapers from publishing this stuff. the newspaper went ahead and hopefully the fish company in brooklyn framed the telegram so the government lost that effort to block the press from publishing something that the press wanted to publish but the government said would be dangerous to publish. the government lost at the supreme court. but that does not mean they got over it. you know how in watergate, the watergate burglars were called the plumbers? they were not called the plumbers because they like dressed up like plumbers and that s the way they snuck into things, right? they were called the plumers is because the reason they were breaking into all the various places that they broke into was that they were plugging leaks. they were plumbers dealing with leaks, but these were leaks of information.
0 including you and alberto gonzales, believe there should be some limits on surveillance organizations. i thought that was very reassuring. well, sorry. i think again, i have always been concerned about surveillance on news organizations and this is, it s a false choice that we re being given right now. brian shactman? i was going to say alberto gonzales, they almost went there, but didn t. there you go. yeah, right. all right, if it s way too early, what time is it? time for morning joe, but now time for the daily rundown with chuck todd. thanks, everyone. is it a drip, drip, drip? the justice department s secret probe of a press leak is just one controversy facing the attorney general as he gets set to testify on capitol hill today as president obama s team tries to steady the ship, washington wonders. this morning, we ll hear from congressman levin as well as senator roger wicker on how hot things will get on capitol hill for the obama administration. he s one of th
what a magnificent woman she is. i feel she will be an inspiration to all women who may be vulnerable to a similar situation. i will talk with the congresswoman who found out she has a similar cancer gene and is fighting to save more women. we learn tonight that two of the women in the cleveland house were imprisoned in conditions being described as similar to a prisoner of war camp. this according to reuters which says gina dejesus and michelle knight were in worse condition than amanda berry. one source says the basement of the house had chains coming from the walls and dog leashes coming from the ceiling. ed gallek is with me now. i just read this report breaking on reuters in the last few minutes. it really is unbelievably shocking when you get to the detail that he restrained in particular gina and michelle with duct tape in stress positions for such long periods of times they had bed sores. they apparently hadn t been seen at all unlike amanda berry precisely because
0 includes the main a.p. numbers in washington, d.c. and hartford, connecticut, as well as the a.p. officer for reporters who cover the house of representatives. and it covers the work phone numbers and the personal phone numbers for five a.p. reporters and their editor. now, there s no indication that the justice department housed the recorded content of those phone calls. but what they ve got, apparently, at least, the incoming call numbers, the outgoing call numbers, and the duration of each call. now, in response to this notificati notification, the a.p. sent a scathing letter to eric holder. there can be no justification for an overbroad, these reveal communications with confidential sources across all of the news gathering activities undertaken by the a.p. during a two-month period, provide a road map to the news gathering operations and disclose information about a.p. s activities and operations that the government has no conceivable right to know. the a.p. demands, quot