Posted on 06/26/2006 6:12:00 AM PDT by yoe
WASHINGTON - The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee called Sunday for criminal prosecution of The New York Times, saying its report Friday on government surveillance of confidential banking records "compromised America's anti-terrorist policies."
Interviewed on Fox News Sunday, Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., accused the newspaper of compromising national security when it exposed a Treasury Department program that attempts to track terrorist financing by secretly monitoring worldwide money transfers. The program, instituted after the Sept. 11 attacks, bypasses safeguards put in place to prevent government abuse.
Similar reports were published the same day by other media outlets.
"By disclosing this in time of war, they have compromised America's anti-terrorist policies," said King, referring to New York Times reporters and editors.
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The oath they take strictly prohibits them from disclosing national security issues. Their conduct is criminal and must be prosecuted.
Exactly they just happen to be supporting the islamopignazis.
OK, why aren't we calling for prosectuion of WSJ as well? They ran the same information on their front page the same day as the NYT.
"OK, why aren't we calling for prosectuion of WSJ as well? "
I'd be ok with that. I think the NY Times has set itself out from the pack as far as being the most brazen in it's attempts to harm US military efforts.
The DoJ can question the reporters as to who their sources were and, if they refuse to answer, they can be jailed until they are ready to give this information.
While what the Times did is morally reprehensible, it is not illegal.
"While what the Times did is morally reprehensible, it is not illegal."
Actually, I agree with you that what they did probably is not illegal. However, I am mystified that everybody who's calling for prosecution doesn't even mention WSJ. The WSJ is fairly conservative (at least editorially) and yet they ran the same story as the NYT.
Millions of Americans would love to see the America-haters and arrogant media prosecuted by the Whitehouse. Carl Levin should be carefully investigated for leaking the initial information to the Slimes. ENOUGH! Do something to stop these traitors.
My impression was that the WSJ picked the story up from the Times. Perhaps that is incorrect.
I think the key word in your sentence is "editorially". Their staff reporters often seem to be more in line with the opinions of those at the NYT or WaPo.
bttt
The WSJ story was written by a WSJ staffer.
Then you are correct. The WSJ is just as culpable.
The problem to me is that this points how everything just seems to be a political game. The Republicans and conservative columnists who are calling for prosecution of the NYT (at least the ones I've read about) don't say a word about the WSJ. I can only assume this is because they see the NYT as an enemy and WSJ as more of a friend, and they know the NYT is seen more as part of the "MSM" than the WSJ. If they were truly serious and outraged, they'd be calling for prosecution of all.
A slippery slope to get on and one that could really come back to bite us doing a democratic administration.
So the governmnt tells the NY Times not to print this story because it would damage national security and the editor's response is that he thought the request was "half-hearted" and that he found their argument "puzzling"?
Wow. I'm sure that would stand up in court.
Keller needs to be frog-marched out of the Times building as he undoubtedly wanted to see done to Rove.
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