Government is spying on the press

We already suspected as much, but ABC News is now reporting that two of their reporters were warned by a government official to "get some new cell phones, quick."

Other sources have told us that phone calls and contacts by reporters for ABC News, along with the New York Times and the Washington Post, are being examined as part of a widespread CIA leak investigation.

One former official was asked to sign a document stating he was not a confidential source for New York Times reporter James Risen.

Our reports on the CIA's secret prisons in Romania and Poland were known to have upset CIA officials. The CIA asked for an FBI investigation of leaks of classified information following those reports.

People questioned by the FBI about leaks of intelligence information say the CIA was also disturbed by ABC News reports that revealed the use of CIA predator missiles inside Pakistan.

Or they could be trying to scare off potential leakers and their press contacts. In either case, it is yet another chilling reminder that our government really is out of control.