Bad Vibe From Bush For Journos
“The environment has never been as difficult and poisonous as it is today” for journalists reporting on the government, according to New York Times’ James Risen. At the NYT’s headquarters last night, Risen was joined by Allan Siegal, and Floyd Abrams in a panal to discuss the NSA surveillance story at what the Pentagon Papers mean today. Jill Abramson served as the moderator.
Some snippets courtesy of Huffington Post’s Ankush Khardori:
“I think the motivations were probably very similar,” Risen said, between the leakers who divulged the workings of the NSA program and those who gave the Times the Pentagon Papers.
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