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'''Sharyl Attkisson''' (born 26 January 1961) is an [[America]]n commentator and former investigative reporter for [[CBS News]]. After twenty-one years with that network, she resigned on March 10, 2014,<ref name=Macneal-resignation>{{cite news|last=Macneal|first=Caitlin|title=CBS Investigative Reporter Sharyl Attkisson Resigns From Network|url=http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sharyl-attkisson-cbs-resigns|accessdate=|newspaper=Talking Points Memo|date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> this after CBS refused to take seriously certain conclusions she had reached in her reporting on the [[Benghazi massacre]].
'''Sharyl Attkisson''' (born 26 January 1961) is an [[America]]n commentator and former investigative reporter for [[CBS News]]. After twenty-one years with that network, she resigned on March 10, 2014,<ref name=Macneal-resignation>{{cite news|last=Macneal|first=Caitlin|title=CBS Investigative Reporter Sharyl Attkisson Resigns From Network|url=http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sharyl-attkisson-cbs-resigns|accessdate=|newspaper=Talking Points Memo|date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> this after CBS refused to take seriously certain conclusions she had reached in her reporting on the [[Benghazi massacre]].
==Bosnian sniper fire===
Attkisson accomanied [[Secret of State]] [[Hillary Clinton]] to [[Bosnia]] for CBS and provided the video to refute Clinton's claim she landed under sniper fire.
==Obamagate hacking===
On October 31, 2014, she revealed to the world videographic evidence<ref name=video>[http://bcove.me/9pousb3w Cellphone video by Sharyl Attkisson] of actions of a remote-access program on her computer, a program she did not install. Accessed 1 November 2014.</ref> that some person or persons unknown installed keylogging and remote-access software and used it to interfere with her work and compromise several sensitive personal passwords. Worse yet, someone tampered with the router that provides her with high-speed Internet service.<ref name=Godfather>Cronn T., "Big Brother videotaped hacking reporter's computer," ''Godfather Politics'', posted 1 November 2014. <http://godfatherpolitics.com/18151/big-brother-videotaped-hacking-reporters-computer/></ref><ref name=CNAV>Hurlbut T, "Sharyl Attkisson meets Orwell", ''Conservative News and Views'', posted 1 November 2014.<http://www.conservativenewsandviews.com/2014/11/01/firstamendment/sharyl-attkisson-meets-orwell/></ref>
On October 31, 2014, she revealed to the world videographic evidence<ref name=video>[http://bcove.me/9pousb3w Cellphone video by Sharyl Attkisson] of actions of a remote-access program on her computer, a program she did not install. Accessed 1 November 2014.</ref> that some person or persons unknown installed keylogging and remote-access software and used it to interfere with her work and compromise several sensitive personal passwords. Worse yet, someone tampered with the router that provides her with high-speed Internet service.<ref name=Godfather>Cronn T., "Big Brother videotaped hacking reporter's computer," ''Godfather Politics'', posted 1 November 2014. <http://godfatherpolitics.com/18151/big-brother-videotaped-hacking-reporters-computer/></ref><ref name=CNAV>Hurlbut T, "Sharyl Attkisson meets Orwell", ''Conservative News and Views'', posted 1 November 2014.<http://www.conservativenewsandviews.com/2014/11/01/firstamendment/sharyl-attkisson-meets-orwell/></ref>