[Don Carlos]

Knee jerking? How in hell do you say I'm knee jerking? I am aware that the AG is looking at the NYT for possible violations that could lead to charges being filed.

My point was, and is now, that I could have spent my life in prison for disclosing Top Secret information, yet the NYT, LAT and so on, get a pass.

Put your ass on the line for 20 years or so, then see how you feel about media lefties getting a pass for something you WOULD have been prosecuted for.

I'm not knee jerking. I'm Pissed!!!

[DejaJude]

Put your ass on the line for 20 years or so, then see how you feel about media lefties getting a pass for something you WOULD have been prosecuted for.
I'm not knee jerking. I'm Pissed!!!

I'm with you. I'm totally pissed.

[GOPJ]

My point was, and is now, that I could have spent my life in prison for disclosing Top Secret information, yet the NYT, LAT and so on, get a pass.

Good point.

[Wolfstar]

I'm not knee jerking. I'm Pissed!!!

So you're pissed. Who on our side of the political divide isn't pissed? But it is a knee-jerk reaction to say this: "It's really so simple, 'W'. Just do it!"

Granted, you are by no means alone in saying something along those lines, but I just had enough of it by the time I got to your post.

What, precisely, do you want the President to do? Neither GWB nor any president is a dictator who can just order up criminal charges against American citizens and entities. It's up to the Justice Department, which, although it is part of the executive branch, nevertheless always has operated semi-autonomously. With good reason.

The President, Vice President and Treasury Secretary all slammed the NYT forcefully today. We'll have to wait and see what Justice does.