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June 23, 2011

New York Times Reporter Alleges Obama Government Harassment, Surveillance 
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A New York Times reporter who helped uncover the Bush administration’s
secret domestic spying program says he continues to face government
surveillance and harassment under President Obama. In a new affidavit,
James Risen says government monitoring of his incoming and outgoing
phone calls has carried over from the Bush years. Risen has been
subpoenaed twice to reveal his sources for a 2006 book on the CIA, in
which he detailed the CIA’s role in disrupting Iran’s nuclear
program. Risen writes: "I believe that the efforts to target me have
continued under the Obama administration, which has been aggressively
investigating whistleblowers and reporters in a way that will have a
chilling effect on freedom of the press in the United States."



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