[Democracy Now!, The Intercept]
“interview with former New York Times reporter James Risen, who left the paper in August to join The Intercept as senior national security correspondent.”
“James Risen also describes meetings between top Times editors and officials at the CIA and the White House. Risen was not only pursued by the Bush administration, but by the Obama administration, as well, Eric Holder, attorney general, as part of a six-year leak investigation into his book State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration. His refusal to name a source would take him to the Supreme Court. He almost wound up in jail, until the Obama administration blinked. His answer to that saga was to write another book, Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War.”
“I would have to call the FBI or the Justice Department or the CIA for comment about stories, while I was under subpoena, while they were trying to put me in jail.”
Read more: How the NY Times & U.S. Government Worked Together to Suppress James Risen’s Post-9/11 Reporting
Related: THE BIGGEST SECRET
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