Michael Hastings Was Investigating John Brennan's Role in Press Crackdown Before His Death
CIA spokesperson finds the idea that Brennan would try to infringe on people's First Amendment rights "offensive"
New details on what journalist Michael Hastings was working on before his death this June.
This week Elise Jordan, wife of famed journalist Michael Hastings, who recently died under suspicious circumstances, corroborated this reporter's sources that CIA Director, John Brennan was Hastings next exposé project (CNN clip).
Last month a source provided San Diego 6 News with an alarming email hacked from super secret CIA contractor Stratfor's President Fred Burton. The email (link here) was posted on WikiLeaks and alleged that then Obama counter-terrorism Czar Brennan, was in charge of the government's continued crackdown or witch-hunt on investigative journalists.
After providing the Stratfor email to the CIA for comment, the spymaster's spokesperson responded in lightning speed. Two emails were received; one acknowledging Hastings was working on a CIA story and the other said, "Without commenting on information disseminated by WikiLeaks, any suggestion that Director Brennan has ever attempted to infringe on constitutionally-protected press freedoms is offensive and baseless."
Disrespectful, slanderous, now "offensive." Government officials need to grow thicker skin, read the First Amendment, and fuck off.
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