Posted on 03/05/2006 10:02:07 AM PST by John Semmens
Boldly asserting that it has not yet done enough to "unmask the horrors of the Bush Regime," the New York Times has sued the U.S. Defense Department, demanding that it hand over documents about the National Security Agency's domestic spying program.
The Times wants a list of documents including all internal memos and e-mails about the program. It also seeks the names of the people or groups identified by it. "The covert nature of this program gives the U.S. an unfair advantage against its technologically deprived adversaries," Times spokesman, Andy Busch. "We're not taking sides in this conflict. We just want to see a more level playing field."
Last December, the Times broke the story that the NSA had begun intercepting domestic communications linked to al Qaeda following the September 11 attacks. That provoked renewed criticism of the way U.S. President George Bush is handling his war on terrorism.
The Times had requested the documents under the Freedom of Information Act, but is dissatisfied with the Pentagon's response that the request was "being processed as quickly as possible."
Franklin Lyman, a lawyer for the Times, acknowledged that the list of documents sought was lengthy but that the Pentagon failed to use the words "unusual circumstances," a provision of the law that would grant the Pentagon extra time to respond.
"There is much classified information that has yet to be brought to the attention of the public," said Lyman. "Keeping secrets is profoundly undemocratic. This case gives us the opportunity to pull back the veil concealing the Bush Administration's tactics in this so-called 'war.'"
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Times spokesman, Andy Busch. "We're not taking sides in this conflict. We just want to see a more level playing field."
I wonder if his head exploded right after he said that. Trying to contain all that obfuscation, mendacity and outright ugliness should have created a powerful explosion.
The Times wants a list of documents including all internal memos and e-mails about the program. It also seeks the names of the people or groups identified by it. "The covert nature of this program gives the U.S. an unfair advantage against its technologically deprived adversaries," Times spokesman, Andy Busch. "We're not taking sides in this conflict. We just want to see a more level playing field."
Looks like the NYT has a monstrous EGO. And they say, "Let's sue 'em, before we're charged with treason"...
Good satire.
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