El gobierno de EEUU requisó la información contenida en las propias oficinas de Associated Press, consistente en dos meses de llamadas telefónicas de reporteros y editores, en un esfuerzo por apagar la fuente de información sobre un complot terrorista en Yemen. Esta acción sin precedentes ha sido calificada públicamente por el CEO de la empresa como inconstitucional y dañina para los ciudadanos al limitar el derecho a la información.
The Obama administration has opened up a new front in its battle against media freedom by seizing phone records from the offices of the Associated Press news agency in what appeared to be an effort to track down the source who disclosed an alleged Yemen terrorist plot story.
The US attorney's office for the District of Columbia confirmed on Monday that subpoenas had been issued for phone records. It said it valued press freedom but it had to balance this against the public interest.
AP revealed on Monday that the justice department, without informing the organisation in advance, had obtained two months' worth of phone records of calls made by reporters and editors.
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Monday 13 May 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/14/associated-press-phone-records
The Obama administration has opened up a new front in its battle against media freedom by seizing phone records from the offices of the Associated Press news agency in what appeared to be an effort to track down the source who disclosed an alleged Yemen terrorist plot story.
The US attorney's office for the District of Columbia confirmed on Monday that subpoenas had been issued for phone records. It said it valued press freedom but it had to balance this against the public interest.
AP revealed on Monday that the justice department, without informing the organisation in advance, had obtained two months' worth of phone records of calls made by reporters and editors.
#0 Fueron a por la información porque habían estado espiándolos y sabían que la tenían. Así que son dos actos inconstitucionales:
- espiarlos
- robarles la información
AP chief Gary Pruitt: DOJ probe 'unconstitutional' and makes sources shy
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/130519/associated-press-ceo-gary-pruitt-says-doj-probe-made-sources-s