Well so much for the ‘free press’ under this administration. While they are wheeling and dealing with Iran to keep the nuclear agreement alive, the Washington Free Beacon’s reporter was kicked out of the press briefing held by senior Obama administration figures in Vienna. “You have a press pass from the [European Union], not from me,” Turley said, after being informed that the Free Beacon was officially credentialed to cover the event. The reporter was then threatened by Melissa Turley, a State Department official and her colleagues
Officials with the Department of State threatened to call security Monday on a Washington Free Beacon reporter who was attempting to report on a briefing held by senior Obama administration figures in Vienna on the eve of an expected nuclear agreement with Iran.
Two State Department officials booted the Free Beacon from a room where Wendy Sherman, the undersecretary of state for political affairs, was talking to reporters, despite the Free Beacon’s being credentialed by the Austrian government for the ongoing Iranian nuclear talks.
Western observers present in Vienna for the talks linked the State Department’s behavior to jitters over media coverage revealing a still growing list of concessions being made to Iran by the Obama administration.
Melissa Turley, a State Department official, approached a Free Beacon reporter and demanded that he leave the room.
“You’re not registered with the U.S. press,” Turley said after being informed that the Free Beacon was attending the event…/blockquote>
Swift Boot. (Public access motto of the most open and transparent administration.)
Relative to Mr. Lurch Not Swift, Kerry released our 2014 Human Rights Report last week. Blame America sprinkled throughout his remarks. http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2015/06/244358.htm
“…we couldn’t help but have humility when we have seen what we have seen in the last year in terms of racial discord and unrest….when trust in government is lost, other more harmful forces always try to fill the vacuum….We can’t rescue a village from Daesh or Boko Haram by destroying it….
QUESTION: Mr. Secretary – Mr. Secretary, can I –
MR KIRBY: We’re not taking questions….
Negotiations must be as scripted as the usual press questions. And besides, this upstart reporter raised his hand mid pontification.