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To: Dale Baker who wrote (22494)	6/28/2006 10:06:16 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 541559

the seventh victim doesn't become unnewsworthy just because the story has already been done. Indeed. But if the story of the seventh is classified, that matters. It seems to me that the default for classified information always has to be not to publish. The onus is on those who want to publish to justify it. If it's another incident just like the other incidents, then IMO you don't publish. If there is something special about it that makes it newsworthy as more than just the seventh in a continuing series, then maybe you do. I'm not finding that specialness. Perhaps you and I just have different defaults. Mine is to not publish classified material. I don't have a particularly high standard for moving away from that default, but there has to be something different about it that is newsworthy. The difference, not just the incident, has to be newsworthy to take the incremental risk.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (22494)	6/28/2006 10:56:34 AM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 541559

This is only the third or fourth inning in the broader game of examining and judging the conduct of the overall "war on terror". I think this is the key point. We are in the midst of learning just what decisions were made without proper consultation and whether it was necessary to do so. To date, none seem to fit that bill. It appears that all would have worked just as well with proper consultation. We have a president and an administration that sees no limits on the exercise of presidential power. This week's issue of The New Yorker has an interesting piece on David Addington, Cheney's in house lawyer, and his role in all this. Very disturbing. It's not online. At least not yet. newyorker.com