mr. gary pruitt. \[applause] >> thank you angela. and i want to thank the national press club for inviting me today and i want to thank them for the really cool cupcakes they put together with all the logo through the years of a.p. i think it's really artfully done and deliciously done. for those of you who don't want your cupcake, bring it to the a.p. table. i'm sorry for those of you watching online on c-span that you're not going to get those cupcakes. but before coming here today to speak, i thought it would be a good idea to get a sense of how the seizure of a.p.'s phone records by the u.s. department of justice was affecting our reporting. and what i learned from our journalists should alarm everyone in this room and i think should alarm everyone in the country. the actions of the d.o.j. against a.p. are already having an impact beyond the specifics of this particular case. some of our long time trusted sources have become nervous and anxious about talking to us even on stories that aren't about national security. and in some c

mr. gary pruitt. [applause] >> thank you angela. and i want to thank the national press club for inviting me today and i want to thank them for the really cool cupcakes they put together with all the logo through the years of a.p. i think it's really artfully done and deliciously done. for those of you who don't want your cupcake, bring it to the .p. table. i'm sorry for those of you watching online on c-span that you're not going to get those upcakes. but before coming here today to speak, i thought it would be a good idea to get a sense of how the seizure of a.p.'s phone records by the u.s. department of justice was affecting our reporting. and what i learned from our journalists should alarm everyone in this room and i think should alarm everyone in the country. the actions of the d.o.j. against a.p. are already having an impact beyond the specifics of this particular case. some of our long time trusted sources have become nervous and anxious about talking to us even on stories that aren't about national security. and in some cas

mr. gary pruitt. [applause] >> thank you.also to the national press club for inviting me today and also for the really cool cupcakes that they put together. [laughter] of all of the logo of the ap through the years i think it was artfully done and deliciously done. and for those of you who don't want your cupcake bring it over to the ap table, we will take it back to the washington bureau i'd like any good news from they will devour those. [laughter] and m. sorry for those of you watching on line on c-span that you will not get those cupcakes. before coming here today to speak, i thought it would be a good idea to get a sense how the seizure of the ap phone records by the u.s. department of justice was affecting our reporting and what i found should alarm everyone in this room and in the country. the actions of the doj are already having an impact beyond the specifics of the particular case. someone time trusted sources have become nervous and anxious about talking to us. even on stories that are not about national security.

mr. gary pruitt. [applause] >> thank you angela.and i want to thank the national press club for inviting me today and i want to thank them for the really cool cupcakes they put together with all the logo through the years of a.p. i think it's really artfully done and deliciously done. for those of you who don't want your cupcake, bring it to the a.p. table. i'm sorry for those of you watching online on c-span that you're not going to get those cupcakes. but before coming here today to speak, i thought it would be a good idea to get a sense of how the seizure of a.p.'s phone records by the u.s. department of justice was affecting our reporting. and what i learned from our journalists should alarm everyone in this room and i think should alarm everyone in the country. the actions of the d.o.j. against a.p. are already having an impact beyond the specifics of this particular case. some of our long time trusted sources have become nervous and anxious about talking to us even on stories that aren't about national security. and in some ca

artie associated press had gary pruitt spoke today about the department of justice and their seizure of the news organizations phone records artist liz wallace on hand to hear mr pruitt's take on that investigation and its effects on journalism take a listen. but the administration has come under fire lately for its secrecy and lack of transparency from revelations that the n.s.a. has widespread surveillance program to snooping on journalists we have seen scandal after scandal today associated press gary pruitt spoke at the national press club about the chilling effect all of this has had on the media some of our longtime trusted sources have become nervous and anxious about talking to us even on stories that aren't about national security and in some cases government employees that we once checked in with regularly will no longer speak to us by phone and some are reluctant to meet in person now the government may love this i suspect they do . but be aware the government loves secrecy too much proas says the justice department violated its own rules in obtaining subpoenas according to the justice department's own rules are supposed to make these searches narro