Alicia Caldwell

AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional

bigstory.ap.org — WASHINGTON (AP) - The president and CEO of The Associated Press says the government's seizure of AP journalists' phone records was "unconstitutional" and already has had a chilling effect on newsgathering.Gary Pruitt says the Justice Department's secret subpoena of reporters' phone records has made sources less willing to talk to AP journalists.The Justice Department disclosed the seizure of two months of phone records in a letter the AP received May 10.

Spying on The Associated Press

nytimes.com — The Obama administration, which has a chilling zeal for investigating leaks and prosecuting leakers, has failed to offer a credible justification for secretly combing through the phone records of reporters and editors at The Associated Press in what looks like a fishing expedition for sources and an effort to frighten off whistle-blowers.

US: CIA thwarts new al-Qaida underwear bomb plot

news.yahoo.com — WASHINGTON (AP) - The CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, The Associated Press has learned.