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But you know the government will classify the telephone directory if they have half a chance. they will stamp that classified. the fact that something has a stamp of class youified on it does not necessarily mean it relates to national security. fit is a serious national security concern the government would be justified in limited cases. but often this is a way of chilling the press and most of importantly chilling sources. howie: i think it does have a chilling impact. every reporter who goes ...

Pinata with his loose talk of stormy daniels and his view of women. >> i dont respect a porn star the way i respect a career woman or a woman of substance. howie: im howard kurtz and this is "mediabuzz." james wolfe, a former top staffer on the senate intel committee. the "new york times" reporter work for "buzzfeed" broke this story about carter page. a former trump advisor met with a russian spy. watkins and wolfe exchanged over 100 text messages that day.

Journalists be forthright about their sources. one of the things that was interesting about ali watkins is she stated it was trump attorneys leaking the information when it appears this man who has been indicted was sharing information with reporters. howie: she tweeted about the committees view. juan: can i make one last point? he was not indicted for leaking classified information. howie: but the feds told ali watkins back in february her records had been seized and she did not tell the "new y...

Fbi and gets weirder from there. allegedly he passed information to a college student called allie watkins, she went on to become a reporter in several media outlets including politico, buzzfeed, and "the new york times." he admitted having a relationship that went on for three years, watkins has denied that wolf will separate source for her stories but text messages strongly suggest otherwise. heres one. i always tried to give you as much information so you could get that scoop before anyone el...

Free press advocates including those of us who bring you this show consider this action by the trump administration diving into a reporters phone and e-mail records to see who her sources may be to be an egregious intrusion on the freedom of press and it is a form of democracy between journalists and their sources demand protection. the editor of buzzfeed where she used to work stated, quote, were deeply trouble d by what looks like a case of law enforcement interfuring with the right to gather ...

Republicans in congress. he gives a lifeline to zte. immediately it looks as if he is doing favors with the chinese for the broader trade negotiations there. he is alienating americas allies. >> by him saying this is a national security issue that these allies are jeopardizing our security, that angers them. they feel resentful he would make that argument to allies we had for decades or some cases centuries. >> so when it comes to trade, though, and all our allies angry, do you have to break som...

Ali is a reporter for the "new york times" now. she was at buzzfeed before, chris, when these were published. the statement from the attorney it is always disconcerting when records are obtained through a grand jury or other legal process. whether it was really necessary will determine on the nature of the investigation and the scope of any charges. he is on a crew sawed against leaks of all kind. >> i would say just wait, john. >> i love you, chris. >> my guess is we will hear from him in the v...

Information that i could and to do the right thing with it so you could get that scoop before anyone else. i felt like i was part of your excitement and was always very supportive of your career and the tenacity that you exhibited to chase down a good story. according to the court filing, watkins who then worked for buzzfeed wrote a story revealing the identity of an individual who appears to be carter page a foreign policy adviser who previously met with russians. wolfe had access to a classifi...

Reporter. in particular in this case, a "new york times" reporter who did have communications with james wolfe. pamela? >> and we know that one of the reporters that wolfe was corresponding with. tell us about this reporter. what do we know? >> reporter: "the new york times" disclosed the identity of this reporter last night. her name was alley walkins. she had a three year relationship with james wolfe dating back to the time where she was an intern in washington, d.c. so we know that in april ...

Secretly seized emails and phone records from reporter ali watkin. they said the information seized predated her work there back when she was at buzzfeed, and that "fbi agents approached watkins seeking information about a previous three-year romantic relationship with james a wolfe. the senate intelligence committees former director security. they were investigating unauthorized leaks. hes got a court hearing tomorrow. well follow it. the data set for the release of the long the long-awaited in...