[D-fendr]

It's legal. It (was) secret. It helps stop people trying to enslave and kill us. Telling them our tactics helps them win.

The NYT knew it was legal and secret and effective against our enemy. They told anyway. Helping your enemy by informing them of your tactics against them aids them and their cause.

This isn't rocket science.

[Young Scholar]

I have little love for the New York Times, and I don't support their decision to publish this, but it wasn't (and probably shouldn't be) illegal. Considering how hard the Bush Administration tried to stop this, don't you think they would already be pushing criminal prosecution if it were?

I'm not supporting the Times here; I'm just responding to calls to punish them for something that was legal.