Mort Kondracke: Ideological Conflict Menaces U.S. Ability to Fight Terrorism

Roll Call ^ | May 18, 2006 | Morton M. Kondracke

[Clioman]

"Would newspapers in the midst of World War II have printed the fact that the U.S. had broken German and Japanese codes, enabling the enemy to secure its communications?"

In a word, YES -- in fact, the Chicago Tribune published a story after the Battle of Midway attributing our success to the US Navy's ability to read Japanese naval ciphers, and for precisely the same reason that Mort says it's happening now: because the Trib's publisher, Colonel McCormick, so loathed President Roosevelt that he was willing to do ANYTHING to see the Democrats suffer a political defeat. Fortunately, the Japanese didn't read the Trib...but you can be sure that Osama and the boys read the NYTimes and the WashPost -- as a research tool, and for an occasional morale boost.

[Mamzelle]

Democrats liked the Balkans war--the neos and Clinton successfully turned them over to Islamists.

[Steve Van Doorn]

"the Chicago Tribune published a story after the Battle of Midway attributing our success to the US Navy's ability to read Japanese naval ciphers, and for precisely the same reason that Mort says it's happening now: because the Trib's publisher, Colonel McCormick, so loathed President Roosevelt.. "

How the heck did the paper learn about that? Did anything happen to that reporter?

Thanks

[mathluv]

Spector is the RINO head of the committee.