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The New Cheney? Republicans Attack Obama On Benghazi, IRS, AP Phone Records | TIME.com

The GOP's Confusing New Obama Attack
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Managing Editor, Front Page, The Huffington Post

U.S. President Barack Obama listens during a news conference with David Cameron, U.K. prime minister, not pictured, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, May 13, 2013. President Barack Obama said his administration made no attempt to cover up or downplay the involvement of terrorists in last year's deadly attack on a U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya, and said the congressional investigation has turned into a 'political circus.' Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
U.S. President Barack Obama listens during a news conference with David Cameron, U.K. prime minister, not pictured, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, May 13, 2013. President Barack Obama said his administration made no attempt to cover up or downplay the involvement of terrorists in last year's deadly attack on a U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya, and said the congressional investigation has turned into a 'political circus.' Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Conservatives are not often fierce defenders of the media. But Monday's news that the Justice Department obtained phone records for several Associated Press reporters as part of a national security leak probe raised a furor on the right, causing numerous Republicans to harshly criticize the Obama administration. While some may have genuine concerns about First Amendment protections, the right's response also spotlighted an emerging Republican critique of Barack Obama as a Big Brother-style tyrant in charge of a power-abusing surveillance state.

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