[Greg o the Navy]

Just curious ... can the President push the limits of the law by invoking some sort of emergency declaration to shut down the Slimes and other outlets that carried the story, along with prosecuting the full slate of responsible individuals?

No doubt the RINOs would whine but would quickly fall into line when presented with a muscular and principled policy. The RATS and their friends would shut the ***k up as soon as they realized they put themselves in jeopardy by defending criminal and treasonous behavior.

I'm thinking in terms of a "do it now and apologize later" scenario. Haven't other wartime Presidents successfully used a similarly tough approach?

FWIW I think the great majority of Americans would admire such a course and would support it unconditionally. Those who wouldn't support it would effectively exclude themselves from the political process. Sounds like a formula for overwhelming conservative electoral victory to me.

[MindBender26]

>Just curious ... can the President push the limits of the law by invoking some sort of emergency declaration to shut down the Slimes and other outlets that carried the story, along with prosecuting the full slate of responsible individuals?

He could try, but the courts would overrule immediately. "Prior Restraint" that is the prevention of publication, has been struck down and struck down hard a number of times by the SCOTUS, and usually by large majorities. Nixon tried it with the "Pentagon Papers" and failed miserably.

If he declared Martial Law, he probably could, but again, we don't want to go there.

As far as prosecuting reporters and editors for what has been published, probably a total no-go either, on Constitutional grounds.

The problem is that in the past, papers had enough sense and loyalty to not print something they knew. My radio station in Florida, WLCY, knew about Bay of Pigs invasion days before it happened, but we were asked to sit on it and we did.

Today, the editor of the NYT is a man who openly rooted for a PAVN victory in RVN, and the resultant killing of American soldiers.