NY Times- Floggings or a Scarlet T?

Posted By Uncle Jimbo

If you want to read an elegant and sad description of the hurt the NY Times has done to us all by exposing the terror financing program, read Byron York's talk with Tom Kean Co-Chair of the 9/11 Commission. Mr. Kean sounds truly heartbroken at the idea that an institution such as the NY Times would take such a clearly damaging action.

There has been plenty of discussion about what exactly should be done about the NY Times especially, but really any news outlet that takes it upon themselves to make national security decisions on behalf of all of us. That is exactly what Editor Bill Keller has done, and it is unequivocally wrong. There are actually circumstances where the disclosure of classified info may be warranted, but this instance is miles from that. Congress knew and considered it proper, both heads of the 9/11 Commission implored him not to do it, and yet somewhere in the deluded clouds of Manhattan the gods of the NYT knew better.

Free press is limited to the actual production of content, not it's protection once uttered or printed. Any number of possible penalties come to bear once free speech is exercised, libel, slander, fraud, and I hope to heck disclosing classified secrets. I am not convinced that prosecuting the press jackals is the best measure though, because it will encourage the other publicity whores to leak for their turn in the spotlight.

The best idea I have heard yet is to simply turn the tables on those who screamed the loudest for an investigation of the Plame farce. They thought that leak was worthy, well I think this one is. So let's start with subpoenas for Messrs. Lichtblau and Risen for the source of their terror financing bit, and also Dana Priest for the source on the CIA secret prisons. It was fine for Judy Miller to try the Rikers diet, so let's pen these jackals up until they cough up the disloyal criminals who leaked the info to them. Then let's flog those bastards in the public square, ........whoah easy there Jimbo, .....in the square of public opinion. Then we can proceed with their well-deserved future in the little rocks from big rocks field. The jackal's job is to pick all carcasses clean and they are less to blame than those whose job included safeguarding this info. But that doesn't mean I won't enjoy locking a few up until they reveal their sources.

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NY Times- Floggings or a Scarlet T?

If you want to read an elegant and sad description of the hurt the NY Times has done to us all by exposing the terror financing program, read Byron York's talk with Tom Kean Co-Chair of the 9/11 Commission. Mr. Kean sounds truly heartbroken at the idea that an institution such as the NY Times would take such a clearly damaging action.

There has been plenty of discussion about what exactly should be done about the NY Times especially, but really any news outlet that takes it upon themselves to make national security decisions on behalf of all of us. That is exactly what Editor Bill Keller has done, and it is unequivocally wrong. There are actually circumstances where the disclosure of classified info may be warranted, but this instance is miles from that. Congress knew and considered it proper, both heads of the 9/11 Commission implored him not to do it, and yet somewhere in the deluded clouds of Manhattan the gods of the NYT knew better.

Free press is limited to the actual production of content, not it's protection once uttered or printed. Any number of possible penalties come to bear once free speech is exercised, libel, slander, fraud, and I hope to heck disclosing classified secrets. I am not convinced that prosecuting the press jackals is the best measure though, because it will encourage the other publicity whores to leak for their turn in the spotlight.

The best idea I have heard yet is to simply turn the tables on those who screamed the loudest for an investigation of the Plame farce. They thought that leak was worthy, well I think this one is. So let's start with subpoenas for Messrs. Lichtblau and Risen for the source of their terror financing bit, and also Dana Priest for the source on the CIA secret prisons. It was fine for Judy Miller to try the Rikers diet, so let's pen these jackals up until they cough up the disloyal criminals who leaked the info to them. Then let's flog those bastards in the public square, ........whoah easy there Jimbo, .....in the square of public opinion. Then we can proceed with their well-deserved future in the little rocks from big rocks field. The jackal's job is to pick all carcasses clean and they are less to blame than those whose job included safeguarding this info. But that doesn't mean I won't enjoy locking a few up until they reveal their sources.

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