This is pathetic. There are laws, the NYT broke those laws and put us in more danger, giving aid and comfort to the terrorists.
House Approves Resolution Admonishing Publication of Classified Information
Posted on 06/29/2006 9:42:39 PM PDT by FairOpinion
You could call it “Treason Central,” or “al Qaeda West,” but no matter what you call it, the building housing the once-august New York Times at 229 West 43rd St. in New York City is a beehive of anti-American hostility, where selling out the nation’s secrets has become the newspaper’s stock in trade.
This latest episode of the Times revealing information vital to the government’s ability to protect the American people from new 9/11s is just another example of the Times’ contempt for the security of the people of the United States of America in a time of war.
To say that they have no shame fails to indicate the depths of infamy to which the Times has sunk. What they have done is sheer and outright treason, and it’s the third time the Times has adopted Benedict Arnold as its role model, having blabbed about the monitoring of international phone call records and, prior to that, having told our enemies that their communications with their agents in the U.S. were being listened to by intelligence agencies.
What makes my blood boil is the arrogance of the Times’ editor Bill Keller, and his fellow editors, in flatly refusing the requests of the administration, the two former heads of the 9/11 Commission, and even Rep. John Murtha - hardly a friend of the Bush Administration - that the newspaper refrain from publishing the details of the program tracking the international flow of terrorist money, a vital weapon in the war on terrorism, and a weapon they have now very probably disarmed.
Just who do these people think they are? What makes them think they have the right to endanger the security of the people of the United States of America? By their actions they have repeatedly shown they have no shame and have not a shred of concern for the safety of their readers.
Rep. Peter King, R-NY, Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, has said that “the real question here is the conduct of the New York Times by disclosing this in time of war, they have compromised America’s anti-terrorist policies. This is a very effective policy. They have compromised it. This is the second time the New York Times has done this. And to me, no one elected the New York Times to do anything. And the New York Times is putting its own arrogant elitist left-wing agenda before the interests of the American people.”
Rep. King told Fox News anchor Chris Wallace that the NYT reporters, editors, and publishers responsible for that story should be charged under the Espionage Act, which is punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
A lot of my listeners have called with the suggestion that Americans boycott the Times’ advertisers while others agree with Rep. King that the Times’ editors should be hauled before a judge to account for their treasonous activities. Aside from the fact that boycotts of this nature seldom work, and the idea of indicting the Times for treason won’t fly because they have a right to publish whatever they want, what this case demands is that they be shamed – to be made pariahs and held up before the nation and exposed for all to see as the traitors they are. And Americans should never be allowed to forget this.
The Times claims that under the First Amendment they have a right to publish anything they want. That’s true, but they don’t have the right to engage in what amounts to treason, to giving aid and comfort to an enemy that wants to kill us all.
Keller defends his publishing of material damaging to the national security on the grounds that the public has the right to know. What he’s really saying is that al Qaeda has the right to know, and he’s going to do his darnedest to see that they do know all America’s secrets.
From now on, we should treat the Times as we would treat any skunk – hold our nose whenever we see it. After all, that odor we sense is the odor of treason.
The leakers, including the media, starting with the NYT should be prosecutred, tried and sentenced for their crimes.
Good article
Will the NYT take responsibility for the next terror attack, which may have been prevented, if we could have listened to the terrorists conversations, track their phone calls and monetary transactions, but weren't able to, because AQ is now wise to us?
Believe me when I say this: If there is a terrorist attack in this country that kills or injures any of my family or friends, and it is shown that it could have been prevented by one or more of the outed programs, the NY Slimes WILL PAY!
Bottom line: If the Pres. does not go after these guys then the leak came from the Admin. for some political reason(Heaven only knows why).
The gall of the NY Slimes is unbelieveable. These people are the lowest of the low. I know how you feel. As a NY'er I am outraged that they seem to have forgotten the harm terrorists inflict on America, yet they seem to think they are our protectors.
I do not see your logic. These leaks have been going on for the last few years, and increasing in severity. And all with the intention of hurting the Bush administration. And it has worked with the general population.
Are you saying that all of them were leaked by the Administration??
Please, tell us why?
This is pathetic. There are laws, the NYT broke those laws and put us in more danger, giving aid and comfort to the terrorists.
House Approves Resolution Admonishing Publication of Classified Information
All the leaks have been common sense approaches to the WOT. The people know that, thats why the polls support the actions taken by the President.
Anybody in prison from these leaks? Not any that I recall. I would have thought in WWIII that 'loose lips sink ships'. Zero crackdown. Investigations, but no action taken.
"the rule of law"; Treason? Federal Statute 18USC2381 ?
Would the Attorney General have the authority to bring charges against Bill Keller & the NY Times?
What I would like to see is the Bush Administration get serious about finding and prosecuting the LEAKERS!!!!!
For God's sake, is our government so inept that they cannot isolate these leaks??
Where is Jack Bauer when you need him!!
God bless Michael Reagan. I would like to see more of his articles posted on FR.
Troll.
Good one. Little "Pinch" must be proud that he sold us out.
Well, since you appear to believe polls (I do not believe any polls, period) you better take a closer look. That support for these appoaches has also dwindled.
Anybody in prison from these leaks? Not any that I recall. I would have thought in WWIII that 'loose lips sink ships'. Zero crackdown. Investigations, but no action taken.
Now this statement I can agree with. As I posted earlier, I want this administration to go after the DAMN LEAKERS, prosecute them and throw them in a hole to rot.
Go after the NY Slimes?? You should know that is never gonna happen, but not for the reason you give. Like it or not, inside the beltway it is a whole other world. The politicians still check the NY Slimes first and are afraid of the power of the Slimes (that is power perceived by said politicians).
So, I say go after the leakers and it may lead to the Slimes.
But, again I say to the Slimes: Anyone I know gets injured or killed by an attack that could have been prevented and you WILL PAY, no matter the cost to me.
The AG definitely has the authority, in fact he has the responsibility to bring charges.
I certainly hope that there is an investigation under way to find the original leaker, who leaked the info to the NYT, but charges should be brought against the NYT, because they were informed and warned that the info they are about to publish is highly classified and it's against our national securtiy interest. They were told before they published the NSA surveillance leak and the tracking of financial transactions. THey defied the request.
First Amendment does not give them the right to reveal information to the terrorists.
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