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Politics : Should NY Times Be Prosecuted for Classified Leaks -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ilaine who wrote (8)	7/1/2006 1:59:50 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 178

Try reading the post before yours then if you wish to repeat your comments at least you would know the facts.

To: Ilaine who wrote (8)	7/1/2006 2:58:16 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 178

Bush-Cheney are afraid of the NY Times. They got away with using and manipulating the NY Times once with Judith Miller and the phony WMD stories. Now they know the NY Times has its gloves off. So they're trying to concoct a phony reason to attack them. As if the White House doesn't leak anything they want to leak, including the names of covert CIA agents during war-time.

To: Ilaine who wrote (8)	7/1/2006 7:22:33 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 178

I guess I have to ask why this is any different that the Valerie Plame matter? The folks on the democratic side of the political fence sure made a stink over that, even though she was already known in the DC party circuit as a CIA employee (as if being the wife of an Ambassador wouldn't have already ruined her "cover"). But they seem to be pretty mum about investigating this breach. And I can only imagine the furor that would have arisen had intelligence operations like this been discussed during WWII. And there's a bit of a difference between revealing a classified after-action report and information about an ongoing operation. I don't know.. I personally don't see a difference between the Plame affair and this case. If anything, a warning needs to be sent to the media that such information puts our troops, as well as all the American people at risk by denying our ability to observe terrorist financial transactions. Hawk

To: Ilaine who wrote (8)	7/1/2006 8:41:20 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 178

Anyway, wasn't this already addressed by the Pentagon Papers case, New York Times Co. v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971)? en.wikipedia.org; As you well know, the cited case was (a) a per curiam decision by the Supreme Court, and (b) involved the question of prior restraint. Citation to the case is not on point to the current discussion. No one is talking abour trying to restrain publication, what is under discussion is the consequences for publication of classified information.