[ClearCase_guy]

And a vast array of pundits on the right have responded by escalating their rhetoric.

So, let me get this straight ... the NYT leaked vital information, and endangered our war effort, and the pundits on the Left don't seem to be upset at all?? Geeeeeeee, I wonder why ...?

The Left wants us to lose the war. How can it be denied? I don't question their patriotism -- all my questions were answered a long time ago.

[lugsoul]

Is anyone upset because the WSJ published information about the program? Or is it immune due to its political bent?

[Steve_Seattle]

"I don't question their patriotism -- all my questions were answered a long time ago."

Just last week Dixie Chick Natalie Mains (sp?) explicitly derided patriotism, so why do liberals get mad when we just take them at their own word? I have heard many liberals criticize patriotism, so why is it wrong to say that they are unpatriotic?

[Inwoodian]

I assume that government workers who leak classified information are prosecuted for any such act if discovered. Likewise, I assume that a government worker who knows another government employee is leaking classified information and does nothing is also guilty of a crime. Every government worker in a position to access such information should be questioned under oath with a lie detector. It might give pause to anyone who lies under oath.