TIMESMAN TIPPED OFF TERROR CHARITY: FEDS (NY Times Correspondent Accused)

New York Post ^ | 9/29/04 | CARL CAMPANILE

[kattracks]

September 29, 2004 -- The Justice Department has charged that a veteran New York Times foreign correspondent warned an alleged terror-funding Islamic charity that the FBI was about to raid its office — potentially endangering the lives of federal agents.

The stunning accusation was disclosed yesterday in legal papers related to a lawsuit the Times filed in Manhattan federal court.

The suit seeks to block subpoenas from the Justice Department for phone records of two of its Middle Eastern reporters — Philip Shenon and Judith Miller — as part of a probe to track down the leak.

The Times last night flatly denied the allegation.

U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald of Chicago charged in court papers that Shenon blew the cover on the Dec. 14, 2001, raid of the Global Relief Foundation — the first charges of their kind under broad new investigatory powers given to the feds under the Patriot Act.

"It has been conclusively established that Global Relief Foundation learned of the search from reporter Philip Shenon of The New York Times," Fitzgerald said in an Aug. 7, 2002, letter to the Times' legal department.

He said he understood journalists' concerns about protecting the identities of their sources, but national security and preventing leaks that thwart probes into "terrorist fund-raising" trump such confidentiality.

[gunnedah]

Folks need to awaken to the fact that the MSM holds hands with anyone that is anti American. The MSM has an agenda along with the Democrats to put us under the UN.

[prairiebreeze]

Very good point. Why did the reporter know in advance about the planned raid?

Prairie

[QwertyKPH]

Here's his pic:

Apparently he's a regular contributor on PBS.

ANOTHER REASON TO STOP FUNDING PBS ENTIRELY.

[Old Sarge]

The farther down I read this thread, the higher my BP rose.

Possible punishments should include:

- Dirt nap for the reporter;
- Seizure of all NYT assets;
- Public arrest of NYT correspondent at the next White House Press Conference;
- Reinstatement of the Sedition Act.

Realistically-expected punishments include:

[Diogenesis]

Nothing will happen. From Berger to Gorlick, Americans are screwed by an administration
that does NOTHING about (except encourage) treason.

[JrAsparagus]

NYT rebuttal:

"Patriot Act Must Be Repealed"

[Rutles4Ever]

No! Not THE New York Times!?

I'm shocked, I tell you! SHOCKED!

[sarasota]

And I can only imagine the deal that the producer of CNN cut yesterday to obtain his release. Stay tuned.

[No Surrender No Retreat]

String him up and the rest of the liberal anti-american crowd. 99% percent of the media wants to see America fall. "MOM"&"MOA" say it won't happen on our watch. "Had Enough"!!!! Former ACLUmember glad to see you are with us. When did you become enlightened as to the real goal of the ACLU? Take care my friend. Bush/Cheney 2004

[sarasota]

ping

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

"It has been conclusively established that Global Relief Foundation learned of the search from reporter Philip Shenon of The New York Times," Fitzgerald said in an Aug. 7, 2002, letter to the Times' legal department.

And who told Phil baby?

[Gibtx]

Please make it happen..... what they will find is more than a smoking gun....

[Sal]

It's just possible that they already have the perp(s) from inside our government in this filthy mess. Maybe that's where they got Sheron's name.

At least I hope so.

[Sal]

Shenon! Excuse me.

[Calpernia]

ping

[OldFriend]

Anyone surprised.

[af_vet_1981]

New York Times joins al Queda in their joint war against the government and people of the United States.

There is no doubt who is going to win this war.

[MamaLucci]

Lookie here........

[Sal]

Miller won a Pulitzer Prize for her January 2001 series on Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda.

Before they attacked us. Also the book you reference.

...because Judith Miller's book, "God Has 99 Names" is an excellent country by country examination of the Islamic threat.

Nowhere in the article do they indicate that Miller is accused of tipping off this "charity"--or anything else for that matter. It's possible that she just has great sources that the JD wants to look at.

If so, "fishing expedition" might apply in HER case, but certainly not in his since he is an alleged treasonous perp. OTOH it could be she's being investigated for something else they haven't mentioned. That would be surprising if she wrote to expose a threat to us which it sounds like she did.

I guess we'll have to wait and see. I hope they nail his scummy butt and put the Slimes on life support much like ^cBS. The Enemy Within is our greatest danger IMO.

[MamaLucci]

Yes.....that timing came up in this post yesterday.

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