(Washington Times) Last Monday, the Supreme Court provided invaluable aid to the Obama administration’s campaign to hide evidence of federal abuses from Americans. The court acceded to the administration’s appeal and refused to hear a free-speech case involving New York Times reporter James Risen. Mr. Risen, a Pulitzer Prize winner, has long been in the federal cross hairs since his 2006 book, “A State of War,” exposed numerous federal crimes, including the National Security Agency’s illegal warrantless wiretapping.
Mr. Obama’s Justice Department issued two subpoenas to squeeze Mr. Risen into testifying about a confidential source. The first subpoena went nowhere, and U.S. District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema quashed the second one, declaring that “a criminal trial subpoena is not a free pass for the government to rifle through a reporter’s notebook.” However, her ruling was overturned on a split decision by a federal appeals court.
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