Ala. Senator Shelby Leaked Classified Info To FOX NEWS
So Fox News has the INTEGRITY not to air, but CNN goes right on the air with the material.
Specifically, Fox News chief political correspondent Carl Cameron confirmed to FBI investigators that Shelby verbally divulged the information to him during a June 19, 2002, interview, minutes after Shelby's committee had been given the information in a classified briefing, according to the sources, who declined to be identified because of the sensitive nature of the case.
AND NOW FOR THE REST OF THE STORY:
Cameron did not air the material. Moments after Shelby spoke with Cameron, he met with CNN reporter Dana Bash, and about half an hour after that, CNN broadcast the material, the sources said. CNN cited "two congressional sources" in its report.
SO CNN NOT ONLY PUTS OUR COUNTRY AT RISK BY AIRING CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL, THEY LIE ABOUT THEIR SOURCES ALSO.
Vice President Cheney upbraided the Senate and House committee chairmen in separate phone calls the next day, and White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said President Bush had deep concerns about "anything that could harm our ability to maintain sources and methods, and anything that could interfere with America's ability to fight the war on terrorism."
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