Obama Administration Punishes Watchdog Journalists As “Enemies Of The State”
Investigative journalist and former CBS correspondent Sharyl Attkisson testified during U.S. attorney general hopeful Loretta Lynch’s hearing that under former AG Eric Holder, the administration cracked down on reporting that aggressively scrutinized the White House.
“If you cross this administration with perfectly accurate reporting they don’t like, you will be attacked and punished,” Attkisson said. “You and your sources may be subjected to the kind of surveillance devised for enemies of the state.”
Attkisson testified to the oppressive nature and tactics the administration used to keep her and others like her from doing their job.
“They covet and withhold public information that we, as citizens, own,” she said. “They bully and threaten access of journalists who do their jobs, news organizations that publish stories they don’t like and whistle-blowers who dare tell the truth....