Amy Goodman
@DemocracyNow·3.2M subscribers·19.4K videos
Did Obama Name James Comey to FBI to Distract From Phone Records Scandal?
Posted
June 6, 2013
Views
1,025
Likes
17
Comments
2
Engagement
1.85%
June 6, 2013
1,025
17
2
1.85%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
1:37Now PlayingWatch the full report on Democracy Now! at Amidst an uproar over the seizure of journalists' phone records, the Obama administration announced last week it's tapped former Bush administration official James Comey to head the FBI. Comey has received praise for refusing to reauthorize the Bush administration's warrantless spy program while serving as acting attorney general in Ashcroft's place. Shayana Kadidal, Senior Managing Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, says that in a bid to distract from the phone records scandal, Obama may have named Comey because of his reputation for standing up to Bush. But Comey had previously signed off on the spy program when it began, allowing the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on the phone calls and emails of U.S. citizens without court warrants.
Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs weekdays on 1,100+ TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Check out our vast news archive and stream live 89am ET at
FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE:
Twitter: @democracynow
Subscribe on YouTube
Listen on SoundCloud
Daily Email News Digest
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
