Rep. Peter King: Punish journalists for leaks

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The chairman of the House Subcommittee on Counterintelligence and Terrorism says that journalists who exposed controversial surveillance programs should be punished.

Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) told CNN late Tuesday that it’s fair to punish both the leakers and those who publish the information.

“If they willingly knew that this was classified information, I think actions should be taken, especially something of this magnitude,” King said. “I think, with something of this magnitude, there is an obligation — both moral, but also legal — against a reporter disclosing something which would so severely compromise national security.”

King then responded directly to the question about punishing journalists: “The answer is yes, to your question.”

King also called leaker Edward Snowden a “traitor,” arguing that he violated the Espionage Act.

The news of the National Security Agency’s phone record collection was broken by the Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald, and the so-called PRISM program was disclosed by Greenwald and the Washington Post’s Barton Gellman and Laura Poitras.

Rep. Peter King: Punish journalists for leaks

 

[Koapa]

Citizens that are Republicans or Democrats think that they're guy is gonna be different when it comes to national security but in actuality the foundation was laid a long time ago and the house was built with the Patriotic Act.

 

[RatherUnique]

How does this scumbag still work in government. He was rabid supporter of IRA terrorists at the height of The Troubles in N.I. At a time when the IRA were blowing up pubs, killing kids, and civilians each day. Then he becoms one of the biggest anti-Islamic terrorism voices in government after 911. It's easy to sit in America, support the IRA, whileshielded from the violence in Ireland, and the U.K. But once it came to America, and it was terrorism with brown skin, he got shook and became a crusader. Dude is a scumbag.

 

[Tommy Fits]

Peter King is a piece of shyt.