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| Boring from within (New York Times edition) |
| 2010-03-25 |
| Solomon B. Watson IV was the top legal officer of the New York Times back in 2005 and 2006 when, notoriously, it published two stories compromising top-secret counterterrorism programs. I wrote about what the Times had done at the time in "Exposure," as Gabriel Schoenfeld did in "Has the New York Times violated the Espionage Act?" Indeed, Schoenfeld's forthcoming book Necessary Secrets was inspired by the recurring issues raised by the Times's -- oh, let's say it --- violations of the Espionage Act. The Obama administration has now nominated Watson to be general counsel of the Army. This has raised some questions in the minds of Senators John McCain and Jeff Sessions about how Mr. Watson might deal with issues of leaking and secrecy in his sensitive new post. In fact, in his confirmation hearings they gave him a hot grilling. There is no one more qualified than Schnoenfeld to review Watson's responses to Senators McCain and Sessions. He analyzes them in "A secret keeper (and breaker)." JOHN adds: Is this some kind of sick joke? How does a career spent at the New York Times qualify Solomon to be the Army's chief legal officer? It's one thing to make bad appointments, but, given the Times's history, it is hard to see this one as anything other than an intentional slap in the Army's face. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 You will see this repeated somewhere. |
| Posted by: newc 2010-03-25 22:56 |
| #1 There is a drunken hussy in a shopping cart. If this is general counsel, no Soldier need re-enlist. Mission overseas is over. I need you back home before this ass clown collapses our country and you are left overseas with no viable currency. The war is officially at home at this point and I assure you it will become a hardship tour. No danger pay, but lots of optempo none the less. I Am calling it all in folks. This has gone too far for sustainment. It is becoming survival. Sorry men. I know we win the wars, yet now, this is becoming imperative that our Soldiers are back home. Besides, how do you re-deploy when the dollar is worthless? Let tactical minds endure. |
| Posted by: newc 2010-03-25 21:00 |