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National Security, government spin, and the First Amendment.

Hello again, I'm Orman Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

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Attorney General Eric Holder justifies a massive seizure of Associated Press phone records because...

It put the American people at risk, and that is not hyperbole.

Others say security against terrorism was no longer an issue by the time the AP planned to publish.

Was it really a case of national security or spin to control a story about the CIA infiltrating al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula?

Did the Obama administration intrude on a free press?

Will the news media be able to protect the next deep throat in the digital age?

On reporter's notebook later on

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Hello again, Warren Alney, back with To the Point.

The Obama administration's accused of abusing the First Amendment by seizing

Associated Press phone records. Was that really necessary to protect American lives? Should

reporters go back to meeting informants on shaded park benches, or can new technology protect them

and their sources from government intrusion and hackers who've spread false messages?

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