Trump administration secretly obtained CNN reporter's phone and email records

It was illegal. Someone did it. Enough said

1SG (Join to see) Disgusting, Immoral, Not Surprising for the Trump Administration but as Much as I want to Slam Trump. Far from a First. Not Much Different for what Nixon did. Not that Much Different from the excesses of Project Minaret/Shamrock. As a Spook I Know He isn't the First and Likely Not the Last.

on the surface - who ever did this committed an illegal act. Knowing the media - there is more to this then what they are saying in the article. We can all get in a tiff regarding this, but lets not pretend that the last administration is the only administration that did things like this. If it was in conjunction with an investigation into people leaking classified information to said reporter, then this would be legal. Whistle Blowers are required to follow a certain SOP in order to gain legal protections.