“Some seriously sick and cold responses here. Personally, no-one deserves to go through such an ordeal.
Shame on those who are gloating at this news.”
Agreed. Without question the NYT has been treasonous in their outing of classified documents referred to as “reporting,” this guy does not deserve to be held responsible for everything the NYT has published nor should any of us be making heartless comments like I’ve read here.
We are not the DU or the DailyKos.
Right on.
Perhaps after the gloaters and wisecrackers have had their yucks at this guy’s expense they can start to list all the other individuals (non-famous) that they wish to trade off to the Taliban. So does every employee of the NYT Corporation go? Or just the ones working for the paper? Does the employee have to have done something treasonable (n your opinion) or does simply working for them qualify?
And in what capacity does a person have to work for the in order to be committing treason? Publisher, high-level editor, reporter abroad or at home, lay-out, advertising, features? Where do you draw the line? Or should they all be shipped to the Taliban?
Should all the advertisers that keep the paper alive go, as well? What about their employees?
And what about the subscribers? The casual readers?
Do you believe that the paper should be shut down? This is a serious question. These off-hand (or perhaps not) one-liners give the impression that you believe that it should.