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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Jim S who wrote (22659)7/2/2006 1:52:26 PM
From: JohnM  Read Replies (1) of 541582
 
When some hoity-toity liberal newspaper decides it knows best about issues of security, to the disadvantage of those trying to maintain security, I think that is the time to come down hard on those running that newspaper.

Jim, you and I are clearly at opposite ends of the pole on this one. And I could type a lot. But two comments are enough.

One, this was done for fast and dirty reasons which, under 9-11 pressures made some sense. Continuing it in that guise without proper checks and balances opens up the imperial presidency bit.

Two, my guess is that you would complain bitterly the opposite way if the shoe were on the other foot--a conservative paper published a classified document from a liberal administration.

I think the best evidence, not as concerns your case because I haven't seen you posting that long, was the Plame case in which the admin clearly floated classified information that harmed ongoing nuclear proliferation work at the CIA. And conservatives failed to object. In fact, most cheered.
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