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| 2006-06-28 |
| A lot of words have been used to describe media behavior in revealing government secrets in the war on terror. "Irresponsible," "reprehensible" and "disgraceful" are just a few. How about "criminal"? Listening to the top editors of America's leading newspapers justify acts of perfidy in recent days has been instructive. Much has been said in defense of the indefensible. But we were aghast at the rationale offered by New York Times Editor Bill Keller: It was, he said, in the "public interest." We rather doubt that. Fact is, the Times has now published three stories in the last year and a half that revealed details of secret programs in the war on terror. In so doing, it has put terrorists on notice they're being watched, thereby giving them an incentive to alter their behavior and become tougher to catch. How's that in the "public interest"? We'll at least credit Doyle McManus, Washington bureau chief of the Los Angeles Times, for his honesty. Appearing on the Hugh Hewitt radio show, he admitted the program to track terrorist bank dealings through SWIFT, a global financial clearing network, was probably legal and effective. He also admitted "it is conceivable" that printing the stories would help terrorists elude capture. So, again, is that in the "public interest?" |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Its NOT "WAR" when Radical Islamists/Muslims andor Commies wage it - there will be no war once the entire world is fully Islamist andor Communist. YOU HOO - WORLD-CONQUERING ISLAMIST, MEET WORLD-CONQUERING COMMUNIST; GOD-BASED SOCIALIST, MEET SECULAR ATHEIST SOCIALIST. BUGS BUNNY > of course you just know there will peace and harmony between these two GLOBALISTS-TOTALITARIANS-CENTRALISTS, once America and the West is successfully gone. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-06-28 01:40 |
| #1 Can you hear it, George? How 'bout you, Karl? People are coming out into the open and telling you they have had their fill of the NYT and the rest. Are you listening? |
| Posted by: Shailing Jeper3536 2006-06-28 00:31 |