Posted on 06/20/2002 1:33:20 PM PDT by grimalkin
You are certain of that...????"
NO direct national security damage was done with this leak! The future I will not comment on. It depends on the leak, If sources and methods are endangered then someone will need to be sent to jail. Remember now it was only five years ago that Senator Torricelli then a Congressman leaked real bad stuff causing two of our CIA Officers to be killed. His punishment? He was removed from house select and then ran and won the NJ Senate race. So much for justice! BTW the two CIA Officers are still dead. Republicans have done the same thing including Saxby Chambliss.
The politics of national security. All Americans should be alarmed! But they are grazing!
I am in complete agreement with your second sentence. And with your overall concern for the politicization of wartime intelligence matters. By any party...
But how can you be so absolutely certain that this leak did not "endanger...sources and methods"? And skip the hooey about "everybody knows NSA, etc.". Of course they do.
But how do you know that no source or method has been compromised by releasing the specific time & date of specifically worded conversations? And that no enemy has not been made more alert to our eavesdropping abilities? And, thus, more difficult to eavesdrop upon.
And if this one does not, how will you determine whether the next leak does, or does not, endanger sources and methods?
Seems to me that a basic security principle has been violated in this case.
Lets just say I understand the system and leave it at that. But in case you have doubts, just wait and see for yourself. If this was a breach that endangered the national security of the United States its sources and methods I would ne going bonkers. So would many other people. If anything comes of this its going to be some low level staffer who will be hung out to dry. Thats if anything comes from it. The message has been delivered by the administration.
If you say so. We've beat it to a bloody pulp, anyway.
See ya around...
No, you're wrong! Cameron said again today that Fox broke this story last week but did not state the exact words that were used for national security considerations.
We can tell that he is not lying because if Cameron had used the exact words, Cheney would have been livid a week ago. Avoid leaping to the keyboard until you have thought things through, man. Emotional responses are useless!!!
Please don’t feed me this emotional babble either. Cameron broke the Israeli Spy Story, which was fine with me. It was news. What was NOT FINE was that Cameron leaked a 50 or 60 page CLASSIFIED INTELLIGENCE DOCUMENT! Lets talk about protecting SOURCES AND METHODS! This is much worse than what ever CNN just did. This is a double standard with the press.
This is nothing more than political hog wash! If everyone is going to be serious about leaks, then first let's be real. Forget if it's a Republican or Democrat! Let's get serious, this is Washington D.C.
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