Harris ‘Very Troubled’ By SF Reporter Raid: ‘We Have Shield Laws For A Reason’

UNITED STATES - JANUARY 12: Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., questions Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., nominee for director of the Central Intelligence Agency, during his Senate Select Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen Building, January 12, 2017. The hearing was moved from Hart Building due to a power outage. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 12: Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., questions Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., nominee for director of the Central Intelligence Agency, during his Senate Select Intelligence Committee confirmation hear... UNITED STATES - JANUARY 12: Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., questions Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., nominee for director of the Central Intelligence Agency, during his Senate Select Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen Building, January 12, 2017. The hearing was moved from Hart Building due to a power outage. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) MORE LESS
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Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) said Thursday that she is “very troubled” by the San Francisco police department’s raid on journalist Bryan Carmody to try to suss out one of his sources.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the former attorney general referenced the stringent laws California has specifically to protect journalists from being forced to divulge their sources.

“Apparently they had a search warrant,” Harris said of the police. “But the reality is that we’ve got shield laws for a reason. And especially in this time, where we have these full-on attacks against the press, and leaders calling the press all kinds of names — I’m very troubled by what happened.”

The police came calling at Carmody’s home and office after he published a leaked police report that revealed scandalous details about the death of the late public defender Jeff Adachi.

Read TPM’s deep dive on the scandal and Carmody’s personal account here.

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  1. Fascism is us.

    The ‘right’ of any (white) individual to possess a massive military grade arsenal, love it. Freedom of the press - now wait a minute! That’s not what the founders intended.

  2. Did Harris mention the shield she wielded to protect über-corrupt former Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas? I thought not.

  3. The press is the enemy of the people, don’t’cha know.

    It makes a great deal of sense that someone would want those details suppressed.

    Except that’s not how we roll.

  4. We also have rules against prosecutorial misconduct [especially in capital cases] for a reason. Too bad Harris wasn’t aware of that when she was a prosecutor and AG in California. Opportunist dirtbag, for whom I would be forced to vote should idiots get her nominated.

  5. Harris just went way, way up in my estimation. Bravo for her on calling this out.

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