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Obamagate timeline 2015 (view source)
Revision as of 06:58, November 27, 2025
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*Former CIA employee Jeffrey Sterling convicted on espionage charges for leaks to ''New York Times'' reporter James Risen. ''[[The Nation]]'' says of the case,<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/government-war-against-reporter-james-risen/</ref>
*Former CIA employee Jeffrey Sterling convicted on espionage charges for leaks to ''New York Times'' reporter James Risen. ''[[The Nation]]'' says of the case,<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/government-war-against-reporter-james-risen/</ref>
{{Quotebox|standard media narratives about Risen and Sterling have skipped over deep patterns of government retaliation against recalcitrant journalists and whistleblowers. Those patterns are undermining press freedom, precluding the informed consent of the governed and hiding crucial aspects of US foreign policy. The recent announcement of Eric Holder’s resignation as attorney general has come after nearly five years of the [[Obama administration]] extending and intensifying the use of the Justice Department for retribution against investigative journalism and whistleblowing.}}
{{Quotebox|standard media [[narrative]]s about Risen and Sterling have skipped over deep patterns of government retaliation against recalcitrant journalists and whistleblowers. Those patterns are undermining press freedom, precluding the informed consent of the governed and hiding crucial aspects of US foreign policy. The recent announcement of Eric Holder’s resignation as attorney general has come after nearly five years of the [[Obama administration]] extending and intensifying the use of the Justice Department for retribution against investigative journalism and whistleblowing.}}
*[[James Rybicki]] appointed [[Chief of Staff]] to [[FBI]] Director [[James Comey]].<ref>https://heavy.com/news/2017/06/jim-rybick-fbi-chief-of-staff-biography-james-comey/ </ref> Rybicki has transferred from the DOJ-National Security Division (DOJ-NSD).
*[[James Rybicki]] appointed [[Chief of Staff]] to [[FBI]] Director [[James Comey]].<ref>https://heavy.com/news/2017/06/jim-rybick-fbi-chief-of-staff-biography-james-comey/ </ref> Rybicki has transferred from the DOJ-National Security Division (DOJ-NSD).