President Obama’s actions have had a very dangerous and harmful effect on the media’s ability to report the news

On June 19, while giving a speech at the National Press Club, Gary Pruitt, the president and chief executive of Associated Press said of President Obama’s seizure of AP’s phone records

“Some longtime trusted sources have become nervous and anxious about talking with us… In some cases, government employees we once checked in with regularly will no longer speak to us by phone. Others are reluctant to meet in person … This chilling effect on newsgathering is not just limited to AP… Journalists from other news organizations have personally told me that it has intimidated both official and nonofficial sources from speaking to them as well.”

This terrifies me – but it doesn’t surprise me. This is who Obama is. This is what he does. He’s a control freak who has no interest in or respect for the principles of limited government.