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Sharyl Attkisson’s
book, Stonewalled, is a must read for all Americans.
Her book reads like a mystery straight out of a John Grisham
or Vince Flynn novel. Unfortunately the bad guys are not Islamic
terrorists but those in government today. Instead of using
guns and bombs they use intimidation and harassment.
Stonewalled
is an account of an investigative reporter that wanted to
follow the facts and refused to be intimidated by the Obama
Administration. She was one of the few mainstream journalists
that tried to seek out the truth regarding what happened on
that tragic day of September 11, 2012 in Benghazi, Libya when
four Americans were murdered by Islamic terrorists. American
Thinker interviewed her about Benghazi.
It is
stunning how this administration tried to push their narrative
on reporters. In the book Sharyl recounts how she was told
that the President early on referred to the attack as terrorist
based. This quote from the book shows that the White House
viewed her as uncooperative in pushing their narrative, “I
give up Sharyl…I’ll work with more reasonable
folks...” Unfortunately, Candy Crowley seems to be one
of those that did cooperate with the White House considering
her actions in the national Presidential debate. Sharyl speculates,
“As I say in the book, it did make me wonder if Crowley,
like me, had received an advance call from a White House official
prompting her with the claim that the President had called
Benghazi a terrorist attack the next day when, in fact, that
was questionable.” Crowley obviously did not check the
facts herself. Using the “substitution” technique
Attkisson talks about in the book, would a journalist from
Fox News who had jumped in defense of Romney be drummed out?
She
reminds readers of the Fast and Furious debacle: the issue
of corruption, cover-ups, and government misdeeds. Early into
the Obama Administration ATF officials came up with a plan
to secretly enlist the help of licensed gun dealers in Arizona
and encouraged them to sell firearms to suspected traffickers
for the cartels. Part of the plan was to allow these guns
to be used in crimes that would lead to the arrest of major
drug cartel figures.
However,
the mystery of the book comes about when she is targeted by
a government agency or official that infiltrates her computer
and cell phone. They are not listening to a terrorist plotting
to kill Americans, but are trying to find out what information
this CBS reporter has that will be damaging to them. Big brother
is not only listening but in Sharyl’s case has actually
put damaging classified information on the computer.
Sharyl
pointed out, “For a reporter to have classified information
is not a crime in itself. What could be a crime, if the person
who took them and handed them over broke the law. My sources
have theorized that perhaps they could put something in someone’s
computer for some pretense to justify a legal wiretap at some
point. The long story short, they could then get a court order,
frame a federal source, or frame the owner of that computer.
Whoever did this to me is very sophisticated. I have decided
to pursue it to let them know I was not just going away and
to make the public aware. It is almost humorous that people
think my accusations are outlandish and they call me paranoid.
It is part of the propaganda campaign. This is not a figment
of my imagination if you look at the undeniable forensic reports
and the CBS press release."
Stonewalled
needs to be read so Americans can understand that currently
this administration is targeting journalists and the sources.
But a word of warning, anyone can be targeted. This book shows
how corporate and political interests try to manipulate public
opinion. They add some obstruction, some intimidation, and
some threats and an alternate reality is created. Attkisson
chronicles her journey in a fascinating manner.
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