Attkisson “covering” the Kosovo war: this type of empty exploit is what passes for journalism in America.
| Prelim comments by Jack Balkwill | 5 January 17:42 |
[dropcap]Sharyl Attkisson[/dropcap] is suing the Justice Dept. for spying on her. She is another of those corporate “journalists” who couldn’t find her own butt with the help of a guide dog. While working for CBS she devoted her “investigations” to searching for evidence that Obama is a commie, in her right wing madness. Earth to Sharyl: Obama is a capitalist lap dog, just like you.—J.B.
Former CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson has sued the U.S. Department of Justice for illegal surveillance, alleging that the Obama administration hacked her computers while she was reporting on the Benghazi attacks, Fast and Furious and Obamacare.
“There is an administrative claim for illegal wiretapping and a lawsuit alleging constitutional violations,” Attkisson told POLITICO on Monday, confirming a Fox News report about the lawsuit. She is seeking $35 million in damages.
Attkisson has cited three computer forensic exams as evidence that hackers stole data and passwords from her home and work computers. She also told Fox that she has “pretty good evidence” that the hacks were “connected” to the Justice Department.
Attkisson was one of those media critters who made a lot of noise about the Benghazi attacks without ever admitting to the American people that the Ambassador was up to no good in that area, and that his death was a logical product of US criminal shenanigans in the Middle East. Of course that level of honesty or political intelligence is nonexistent and not allowed on the US media.—Eds.
Attkisson left CBS News in March after more than two decades with the network, citing frustrations with what she saw as the network’s liberal bias, an outsize influence by the network’s corporate partners and a lack of dedication to investigative reporting. Sources at the network said Attkisson’s coverage of the Obama administration had become agenda-driven and led network executives to doubt the impartiality of her reporting. (This is laughable, coming from these guys, who have no problem massacring the truth 24/7. In any case here we have a brawl between two sets of disinfomers.—Eds)
Attkisson has refused to address inconsistencies in her allegations about the computer hacking. In a recent book, she writes that a source provided her with the name of the person responsible for the attack. Yet in a subsequent interview she said she didn’t know who was responsible. When reached by email, she told POLITICO she would not address the matter because Media Matters, the liberal watchdog that flagged the inconsistency, was an unreliable, partisan organization.
In October, Attkisson released a video she took with her cellphone of one apparent computer hack, which appeared to show words being deleted from her files without her control. However, Vox’s Max Fisher studied the video and concluded it was more likely that Attkisson had a stuck backspace key.
UPDATE (6:18 p.m.): The Justice Department says it stands by its 2013 statement:
To our knowledge, the Justice Department has never compromised Ms. Attkisson’s computers, or otherwise sought any information from or concerning any telephone, computer or other media device she may own or use.
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