[SilverElfin]

Maybe what you are saying is true. But even then, personally, I find it disturbing that the Trump administration recently raided a Washington Post journalist and now they are arresting journalists. When I look at these events alongside Trump always attacking news outlets and how aggressively abusive the press secretaries are in their interaction with reporters, I see a big pattern of undermining the press.

To me this arrest looks like lawfare. It looks like the administration abusing its power to violate the first amendment.

[airhangerf15]

It's exactly what Abraham Lincoln did .. actually he went further and sentenced some news paper owners to death (overturned after the war).

Lincoln was not a good guy or pro-American (anti-speech, anti-due process), but he's viewed positively only because he won.

and as far as the Washington Compost, we know from the Church Committee the CIA likely has operatives in there. So unlike Lincoln, there was no real need to raid WaPo. It was likely just for show.