Jen Psaki, State Department spokesperson, on Friday, April 25, 2014 at 1:26pm:
Beginning on Monday and all of next week, we will highlight emblematic cases of imperiled reporters and media outlets that have been targeted, oppressed, imprisoned or otherwise harassed because of their professional work.
That same afternoon, Obama’s Justice Department filed a legal brief at the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that the Court should NOT hear a petition by New York Times reporter, James Risen, in his efforts to avoid going to jail for refusing to answer questions about a confidential source.
“While the question presented does not warrant this court’s review, this case is a particularly unsuitable vehicle,” Obama’s Justice Department wrote. It also said, that “although many states recognize a reporter’s privilege of some sort in some circumstances, no ‘consensus’ exists about who qualifies for such a privilege, what types of communications are covered, and the circumstances in which it may be invoked.”
Is this one Administration speaking, or two?