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-Lurid Crime Tales-

Comey: Lying to a reporter is not against the law (Video)

2017-03-21

[CNBC] At a House Intelligence Committee hearing, NSA Director Adm. Michael Rogers and FBI Director James Comey answer questions on the leaking of classified information, and the...

Strange, very strange. No mention of the Sedition Act of 1918. No mention of non-disclosure. No mention of US Gov't labeling the NYT a non-credible source of news or source of disinformation. No mention at all.

It's a good thing lying to a reporter isn't against the law; everyone in Washington would be stood against a wall and shot. Including the reporters...

Posted by:Besoeker

#7 Time some 'journalists' lost their weekend in jail for repeating unnamed sources

Posted by: Skidmark 2017-03-21 14:09

#6 J. F'n Kennedy said "the government has a right to lie to protect itself". Case closed.

Posted by: Mugsy Glink 2017-03-21 12:55

#5 Also, increased demand would send ammo prices thru the roof. Still, we must all make sacrifices...

Posted by: SteveS 2017-03-21 10:57

#4 If you would, please articulate the downside.

Carbon footprint - it's not really smokeless powder, you know.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-03-21 10:43

#3 ....everyone in Washington would be stood against a law and shot. Including the reporters...

If you would, please articulate the downside.

Posted by: Besoeker 2017-03-21 10:16

#2 But lying - or even remembering incorrectly - to the FBI will land you in prison.

Posted by: Glenmore 2017-03-21 10:12

#1 Are we then to assume through logical extention, lying to the American people is not against the law ?

If so, then can we assume that publications like the NYT serve a useful purpose as a disinformation platform ?

Posted by: Besoeker 2017-03-21 09:49

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