I say that because the incident alluded to was accidental, the Tribune noted in a post Midway article that the Navy had advance knowledge of the Japanese plans. It wasn’t a deliberate publication of classified information, but the Japanese could have deduced the the breaking of their code from their article. Fortunately they didn’t.
Had the Tribune run a headline Navy Breaks Japanese Code, followed by details of the successful program as the NYT did, the course of the war would have been changed.
The Tribune editorial staff must know that.
Alluding to being “cleared” of an unintentional act in defense of the deliberate NY Times publication is dishonest.
In 1942, a livid President Franklin Roosevelt briefly contemplated sending Marines to occupy Tribune Tower because of a report in this newspaper that naval officials feared would tip the Japanese that the U.S. had broken their military code. An investigation later cleared the Tribune and two of its staffers of violating an espionage law.
It's really not surprising to find them, and the entire Tribune Group, pro-AlQaida.
I'm reminded of Diane Feinstein inserting herself into the search for Richard Ramirez. She ran her mouth about clues the police wanted kept secret (police knew what type of shoes he was wearing). Ramirez saw the interview and ditched the shoes. I don't remember if he killed anyone more due to Feinstein's mouth.
I canceled my subscription to the Chicago Tribune after their blatant dishonesty in how the Sandy Burglar story was handled. They are united at the hip with the NYT. I won't waste my time or money reading that paper. BTW, even after we canceled our subscription, we found out that they kept us on their subscriber rolls for years. They wouldn't want to let their advertisers know they are bleeding readers.