Hoekstra Blasts NY Times 'Lack of Honesty and Integrity'

Hyman Events ^ | August 7, 2007 | Staff

[Turret Gunner A20]

Today, Michigan Republican Pete Hoesktra sent a scathing letter to NYT executive editor Bill Keller, detailing what Hoekstra called the Times' "...recklessness in repeatedly disclosing highly classified intelligence programs to enemies who seek to attack our nation," and the Times' coverage of the Foreign Intelligence Act amendments

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Hoekstra said of the Times' editorial titled, "The Fear of Fear Itself," "The only real basis for "fear" here is the scare tactics being perpetuated by the Times, which has knowingly and willfully misrepresented the new law to scare the American people."

READ THE WHOLE LETTER HERE

Mr. Bill Keller
Executive Editor
The New York Times
620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018

Dear Mr. Keller:

It has been my practice not to deal with the New York Times after its recklessness in repeatedly disclosing highly classified intelligence programs to enemies who seek to attack our nation and because of what I believe was a lack of honesty and integrity in its dealings with me as Chairman of the Committee at that time. &t&b&noscript

However, I believe that your editorial this morning “The Fear of Fear Itself”, and an article that ran yesterday purporting to describe legislation to clarify the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA”) I supported in the House of Representatives to address an urgent intelligence gap so mislead the American people as to require urgent correction.

The only real basis for “fear” here is the scare tactics being perpetuated by the Times, which has knowingly and willfully misrepresented the new law to scare the American people.

[Turret Gunner A20]

GO, PETE, GO!!!!!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

More on the Leftists....

[presently no screen name]

I have corrected a number of specific misstatements and exaggerations in your August 6 article and in this morning’s editorial. Any of them should have been readily apparent from a cursory look at the text of the law itself, but unfortunately your newspaper chose fearmongering over what “might” be happening rather than the facts and what the law actually says,

Exactly! Go Pete, Go! And never let up.

[liberty_lvr]

Yeah, go Pete, go...BTW, is that the sound of crickets chirping?

A strongly-worded leter? What's next, a stern rebuke??

Sheesh, what a waste of time. Want to really make a statement and do some good for the country, Hoeskstra? Bring Pinch and his senior editors up on charges of treason. Then you'll have something worthwhile to brag about, instead of this meaningless grandstanding.

[Marine_Uncle]

Great response from Pete! These frigen leftist elitest have to realize they are not going to get away with writing history and events as it suits their agendas.
Now if only more Americans could start catching on to what these lie shops have been up to for a long time.