CBS- Dozens knew about NSA program, so the leaks are ok. (Unlike Plame)

Being in the giving spirit of the holidays, I figured I would volunteer to sit through the sickening experience of watching the CBS Evening News tonight. So the rest of you would not have to.

I was wondering how the would report the news about the Justice Department opening an investigaion to the illegal leaking of classified information in regards to the NSA program that is designed to protect us from terrorism.

As I expected, as we all did, CBS tried to spin it to make it sound as if the party who leaked it did nothing wrong.

THE IRONY in all of it? Well, since there could have been dozens who leaked the information, CBS News has seemed to take the position that it is ok that the info was leaked.

Compare this to the Valerie "I never met a camera I didn't strip for" Plame story. According to Andrea Mitchell and others, dang near all of Washington knew that Plame worked for the CIA. Mainly because she told them. And keep in mind that it is obvious that Plame was not covert at the time her info went out. Meaning nobody leaked classified info in that case. Which is why nobody was charged with it.

But that logic is wasted on CBS. Dozens knew about a non-crime in the Plame case, so somebody (only if its a republican) should go to jail. But in the case where there was a crime (likely by an anti-Bush player), the leaking of the NSA information, CBS reported it as if it were a non issue.

I'm sure many in the FDR Administration knew about D Day plans but didn't leaked it to Hilter!

Partisan politics to get back at Bush will endanger Americans.

People who have classified information suppose to keep it classified.

I spent twenty years in the United States Military and retired. The first eight years I worked for an agency that reported directly to The National Security Agency. My security clearance was "Top Secret Codeword" the highest clearance one can have seeing as every Top[ Secret Clearance, like all military security clearances, is based on a "need to know". I can guarantee the information quoted by CBS was classified information probably "Secret" if not "Top Secret" and the person who divulged its contents should be in prison. This is no small matter but rather one of the utmost importance to the security of the United States at a time of war. Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus and Yes Liberals there is a war going on. Yes we were attacked just as sure as we bombed Iraq which did aid and abet our enemy. It is impossible for me to believe that some elected officials of the United States Government are allowed to get away with acting as if this was all some political trick. Thank God we have a Commander in Chief who understands the responsibility of keeping the security of the United States separate from the political agenda of being elected to co gress. Unfortunately many do not.

Squire Eaton

Anyone who has ever handled classified information knows you can get canned and possibly prosecuted for making any part of it public. If the media claims otherwise, the media is doing its consumers a disservice.

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