Intimidation we can believe in: CIA Hopeful Panetta’s Bodyguard Roughs Up A Reporter In A Federal Building

In the hallway outside room G-50 in the Dirksen Building,  following Leon Panetta’s confirmation hearing Thursday:

Following Leon Panetta’s confirmation hearing Thursday, several reporters approached the CIA director-designate in the hallway outside room G-50 in the Dirksen Building.

There, CongressDaily reporter Chris Strohm — upon asking a question — was physically restrained by a man who accompanied Panetta at hearings both days.

Strohm, when reached by phone Friday, said he was unsure of the man’s role.

“I felt this hand grab my right arm and push me aside,” Strohm said.

By his account, Strohm told the man, “Please don’t touch me” more than once. Eventually, the man let him go.

Where is the media outrage?

Ed Driscoll:

They Told Me If I Voted For President Bush:

That reporters would be threatened, and even physically roughed up on occasion–if not by the president himself, then by members of his cabinet–and they were right!

Ed Morrisey has more

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