Let the NY Times frog-marches begin

Posted By Uncle Jimbo

Oh bliss, I can't believe the luck. The left's fruitless attempt to bring down Karl Rove may have seriously bit them in the ass. The NY Times was way out front in calling for frog marching for classified leakers as well as having published the Op-Ed piece that started the whole Plame game. Now it looks like they may reap the unintended consequence of catching a frog march or two themselves. See they have leaked a ton of classified info about NSA surveillance and that was not only wrong but it appears actually against the law.

From New Criterion:

"The best reporting on this particular issue has been done by Gabriel Schoenfeld who first raised the possibility of prosecution in his article, "Has the New York Times Violated the Espionage Act?" in the March issue of Commentary magazine. After reviewing the various precedents, he acknowledges that it would be difficult, though not impossible, to prosecute the Times under the Espionage Act.

But wait, there is another statute that should hold the jackals accountable

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Let the NY Times frog-marches begin

Oh bliss, I can't believe the luck. The left's fruitless attempt to bring down Karl Rove may have seriously bit them in the ass. The NY Times was way out front in calling for frog marching for classified leakers as well as having published the Op-Ed piece that started the whole Plame game. Now it looks like they may reap the unintended consequence of catching a frog march or two themselves. See they have leaked a ton of classified info about NSA surveillance and that was not only wrong but it appears actually against the law.

From New Criterion:

"The best reporting on this particular issue has been done by Gabriel Schoenfeld who first raised the possibility of prosecution in his article, "Has the New York Times Violated the Espionage Act?" in the March issue of Commentary magazine. After reviewing the various precedents, he acknowledges that it would be difficult, though not impossible, to prosecute the Times under the Espionage Act.

But wait, there is another statute that should hold the jackals accountable

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