investigating the journalists as if they were criminals back during the bush administration when judith miller had that information about the humanities and went to her and said please give us the information give us your phone records tell you she said no and she went to jail rather than giving up their sources so now instead of asking reporters asking news agencies they're simply going in with all the power. over of the spy agencies of america and you know what this is a violation of personal something that i personally found extremely alarming it was a new york times article from her out a year ago about drone strikes and innocent people dying in. strikes and they cited no name to u.s. official who said that those reports on civilians dying in drone strikes they help terrorists so if that's how they see those journalists maybe it's not surprising that they go after them like this there is there i've always been governments and people in governments who use the excuse that you know you're either with us or you're with the enemy. you know they don't understand that there's also there's you kn

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there's there's been there's been a lot of good reporting since nine eleven i would contend well judith miller definitely wasn't a prime example of that former new york times journalist who promoted the b.m.d. theory but i'm glad that you're out there spreading light on these shadow wars really need to be talked about more mark mazetti pulitzer prize winning journalist and author of the way the knife cia's secret army and the war at the ends of the earth to share time thanks very much. well guys that's it for today thanks for watching the show but if you want to know what i'm doing when i'm not on air you can check me out on the water at abbey martin if you like what you see you can follow me there you'll find all my tweets linking the segments from the show as well as the random thoughts i have throughout the day and also please help us get this show trending on twitter ok janelle throw some hashtags we can get trending on the twitter sphere but only with your help so how did twitter checking out at a martin and that's going to do it for the night guys thanks so much for watching and stay tun

and judith miller is pulitzer prize winning author and fox news contributor.spicuous attempt to give the president some tough ness credibility with the national security credibility is taking a beating? >> guest: it is shredded. that is why the president has come alive in the way we have not seen present himself and make arguments himself until now. if he wants to get anything accomplished in the second term he has to overcome the three scandals the trifecta of trouble especially in the national security area where he took pride in being strong. >>gregg: and there is a devastating story in cbs news sourced anonously, but several sources from the obama administration officials in key positions during the benghazi attack. they admit they made mistakes but they say these were mistakes of incompetence, not coverup. one said "we were not lying, western being idiots." impression yes when your defense is that you are not run a competent administration i rest my case. this is exactly the problem. we have come a long way from no problem here, move right along on bengha

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once again judith miller is our guest along with marvin kalb.ve just learned has recused himself from involvement in this ap case, marvin. and apparently it's because he did testify he was interviewed when they were first looking for answers as to who leaked this information. i just want to get your thoughts on his recusal here. >> well, on the recusal itself i can't offer any terrific insight, i don't know, let's wait and see what he says. on the overall issue i think let's not lose sight of the fact that both sides, i mean the media and the government, have clear responsibilities in the coverage of this story and what is happening. the media has the responsibility to report the news. it's going to go where it can to get the news. it's going to talk to as many people as possible. the justice department has to be very careful when it goes after the media that it's not crossing an unacceptable line that only frustrates their own efforts. what isee sprinkle is essential here is this has happened before, it happened to me during the nixon times, it

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the reporter who reported on the leak or if they did they did it in a very public fashion like judith miller refusing to testify and going to jail new york times but now it appears that our government is going after both the source of the leak and the members of the media reporting on it and not only is that unprecedented it's unconstitutional and this should concern us all i don't want to end up channeling pastor name and saying something like first they came for the a.p. and fox news is james rosen but i wasn't part of the a.p. and i didn't particularly like fox news so i didn't speak up. so i'm speaking up now. freedom of the press needed to be protected in seventeen eighty seven and it needs to be protected today. and that's the way it is tonight tuesday may twenty first two thousand and thirteen don't forget democracy begins when you get out there get active take your seats. and the mission free cretaceous three times for charges free arrangements three. three stooges free. download free books clothing videos for your media projects a free media dog to our teeth dog tom. and download th

let's talk about it with our news watch panel, judith miller a pulitzer prize prize winning investigativethor. kristen powers is a columnist for the bailey beast and both are fox news contributors. take a look, judy, we assembled an examination of how much time was devoted to coverage of the hearings on the various cable channels. i think we have that graphic to put up. perhaps no surprise, msnbc didn't give it any coverage. cnn tkpwaeufp it 17 minutes of live coverage. fox didn't cover every single minute of it but we had 108 minutes of the hearings on the day that they transpired. and then when you look at the nightly newscasts, i'm sorry the morning newscasts and how much hop this was covered, the today show there in the middle you see gave it 27 minutes of crime coverage, and 229, that is 2 points and 29 seconds to benghazi. the morning show devoted 18, almost 19 minutes to crime coverage, and 53 seconds to benghazi. i'm sorry that was abc, "good morning america." and then cbs gave crime almost ten minutes an three minutes 21 seconds devoted to benghazi. your take, judy. >> we are fin

let's bring in our news watch panel, judith miller is a.ning investigative reporter and author. kirstin powers a daily beast columnist, both are fox news contributors. judy is there scandal fatigue, and how can you have it when we don't know the depth that these things have gone to? >> well, jon, when issues get comma kaeuplted and the press have to do a lot of filling in of facts that perhaps they haven't bothered to report before, yes, things do get complicated and it makes you tired. but i think whether or not this was the lead item, or the second item on all of the network broadcasts, we have to admit that the mainstream peopled yeah have finally woken up to the trifecta of scandals gripping the country this week. i think we are seeing a kind of improvement in a willingness to at least examine charges that have been around for a longtime but that are now coming back to haunt the president and that he by the way has finally been forced to respond to personally. jon: kirsten, you have said that republicans run the risk of making too much

jon: so for more on how the media are covering the story, judith miller is a pulitzer prize-winning investigativeor, kirsten powers is a columnist for "the daily beast," both are fox news contributors. we've heard some of what transpired in these meetings and, in fact, apparently the justice department decided at the last minute that part of the meetings could be on the record. kirsten, what do you think about what the justice department has had to say thus far? >> well, you know, we haven't really gotten that much information about the meeting other than to hear that, i guess, he's really sorry, and they really, you know, regret this. but, you know, it would be nice to actually hear what the attorney general has to say specifically about how this came to be, how they came to make these decisions. i think one of the things that's most concerning, frankly, is that the first time the attorney general actually felt remorse, at least according to someone who ironically leaked this or an unattributed source in "the washington post", said was when he -- was when he saw it in "the washington post," when

we had app interesting conversation with judith miller who went through something similar. why do they think that? just go in and take the phone logs? >> well, some of those republicans in that committee room this afternoon say because they comment to intime at a time not -- intimidate not just the associated press, but the media, such extraordinary irony here, and, of course, there's the attorney general, in that we got a president who promised open, transparency, higher ethical conduct, and he's been ham fisted in the dealings with a press that does everything it can to kiss his feet as he walking before them. it's amazing to witness. lori: lou, a pleasure. thank you for the thoughts and wisdom. >> my pleasure. lori: the president is calling the latest actions taken by the irs intolerable and unexcusable following the agency targeting conservative groups. rich edson is live from the white house with more, rich? >> more questions and investigations about the issue. the department of justice is open to criminal investigation into this. the treasury inspector general for the

with judith miller going to prison to protect a confidential source, you have very little protection.nd it's a little bit disconcerting for journalists, because if the subpoena comes from the state court, you have protection. if the subpoena comeses from the federal court right across the street you might have no protection. so what we've asked congress to consider is a law that would sort of set uniform rules of the road in determining sheeze issues in connection with federal law. host: and that is loosely termed a shield act? guest: which is a little bit of a misnomer. it doesn't really shield the press. it simply sets the rules the prosecutors, defense attorneys, civil litigants would have to use to acquire information from journalists. host: if you'd like to join the conversation and talk about a potential shield law to protect journalists, here are the numbers at the bottom of your screen. john from new jersey. go ahead. caller: i'm a career war veteran. i'm 77 years old. i've been through presidents since roosevelt. it's always been my experience that bankers and politicians are

fact that the new york times principled story after story on the front pains of the papers but judith millerey had a box on page a-10, something like "the new york times" and iraq. some people called it their mia cull pavement -- cull pa. i called it their kind d.a. culpa. and they should have that box on the front page of the paper as many times as the article appeared because that is what sinks into the consciousness of the american people. this whole issue of journalists using unnamed sources. there's a place for that. when a person is a whistle blower and their family or they have been threatened, then there's a place for a journalist to make a decision or a news organization to say, we won't name you. but when it's about protecting a high level government official, for him or her to be able to put out a lie and then don't want it traced back to them, that's not seam acceptablen and news organizations have to re-evaluate when they base their articles on unnamed sources, because the lies take life. >> host: ed tweets to you, amy has interviewed top feminists. beyond being a great female j

judith miller is a closer prize- winning investigative journalist.she has written counterterrorism, and the balance between national security and individual rights in the post-9/11 world. fellow atan adjunct the manhattan institute, and a commentator on these issues, she is an author of books on biological weapons, and on the spread of islamic extremism. is the senior fellow for middle eastern studies at the council on foreign relations. seniorhad a number of white house post. he serves as a deputy national security advisor covering the middle east for president george w. bush. , "tested byew book zion," was just published. .athlee lanier, chief of police for the metropolitan police department. -- she established in first homeland security terrorism branch. adl is proud of our long relationship with chief lanier. she's a graduate of the league advanced course on terrorist threats. after tollison police -- theent received metropolitan leased apartment received the shield award for their response to the shooting of the united states holocaust memorial