Is the Associated Press too big to Investigate?

Strange how the American soul works, don't you think?  Strong advocates of people’s rights stand on their soapbox and cry to the high heavens when they perceive that a wrong has been committed and should be made right.  These “do-gooders” come in all shapes and sizes, colors and political brands but what makes this story tower above the rest is now it affects the “hands-off” news agency itself. 

The news media is in a tizzy about the Associated Press (AP) record seizure. It tells about these records being seized from many, if not all, of the AP’s offices in an effort to find the source of a leak about an al Qaeda bomb plot in Yemen.  Of course we hear nothing more about this leak or why it could be imperative that the source is located, all we hear about is how “unprecedented it is and how intrusive AP claims.  One then has to wonder why and the answer may be as plain as the nose on our faces.

The AP is where many, if not all, news agencies get their news.  It is supposed to be the ultimate source of news and the most trusted, so when that ever-flowing fountain of unbiased and award-winning source is tapped by or tainted by a possible scandal, the protectors come a running.  Is the AP too big to investigate?  It seemed fine when Murdoch’s News Agency was being looked at by the British but I guess this same standard does not apply to the untouchable AP.

In an article by Michael Isikoff with some help from NBC News' Capitol Hill Correspondent Kelly O'Donnell titled “AP calls government's record seizure a 'massive and unprecedented intrusion”, the point is made early in the article about the alleged Yemen bomb plot but very little after that.  Reminds me of the other “big” story floating around the airwaves today about the IRS targeting Conservative Groups as if that has never happened before except those times the IRS aim was at liberal organizations.  You would think that those who proclaimed that big banks need to be held accountable; they seem to not repeat this call about big news organizations.  We lost sight that they may have committed an injustice to those serving in the War on Terrorism by revealing more than they should have and the media has attempted to make us solely focus on the injustice that a secret subpoena has done to that outstanding bastion of journalism called the AP.

The ability to acquire a secret subpoena must be and should be checked to insure that no abuse of power were used but to focus solely on how it affects the AP instead of whether or not there is legitimacy in securing the phone records leaves  plenty of room to be skeptical of its coverage.  If the Justice Department was wrong, they should be held accountable but so should the AP and any other organization including big banks no matter how big or how guarded they are.  It’s that simple, no one and nothing is above the law period but then that’s just my opinion and I could be wrong.