Federal Government Grabbed AP Phone Records

"You guys are pretty tired, right? Well, you should be. Go on home. Get a nice hot bath. Rest up...15 minutes. Then get your asses back in gear. We're under a lot of pressure, you know, and you put us there. Nothing's riding on this except, uh, the first amendment to the Constitution, freedom of the press, and maybe the future of the country."
--Ben Bradlee (All the President's Men)

As the Benghazi and IRS/Tea Party story lines continue to unravel for the Obama administration, another headline is hitting the tape that the Federal government obtained phone records of Associated Press reporters and editors in 2012.

These episodes combine to demonstrate the administration's attempts to make a mockery of the Constitution--particularly w.r.t. the First Amendment.

I can think of no better way for a president to alienate a media that has been in his back pocket than to oversee a government that suppresses or undermines free speech.

If the media wakes up, then this administration is headed to the gallows.