TRYING TIMES (Oregonian Op-Ed Blasting NY Times - Flying Pig Alert)

The Oregonian ^ | July 6, 2006 | David Reinhard

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A t opinion-writers school, right after you learn "all money is fungible," "now comes the hard part" and "(INSERT NAME OF LATEST WAR) has become another Vietnam -- a quagmire," you're ready to tackle the lesson of Watergate: "It's not the crime; it's the cover-up."

It grows more tempting every day to say just that about The New York Times' decision to publicize the U.S. government's top-secret program to track suspected terrorists' financial transactions. Except for one thing: A disclosure like this in wartime is the crime. New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller's defense of the disclosure is only a side show.

Still, Keller's ongoing explanations are now adding insult to injury. It's one thing to publish a story that high government officials, the 9/11 commission chairmen, Republicans and Democrats and even antiwar-crowd-swell John Murtha tell you will injure U.S. national security. It's another thing to offer up a series of sorry justifications after the damage is done.

Keller's early pomposities on the media's special responsibilities under the Constitution did nothing to dampen the firestorm his paper sparked. Neither did his claim that The Times knew better than U.S. government officials and 9/11 commission chairmen who urged the paper not to publish. On the contrary, he made matters worse. Now, his latest rationale for outing the secret program is that it wasn't a secret program after all. Everyone knew we were trying to track their cash.

[abb]

Shocking... Just shocking...

[mewzilla]

Shocking... Just shocking...

Not after this...

Who died and left you president of the United States? (NYT)

[Jameison]

Another excellent piece taking The Slimes apart.

[johnny7]

Talk about an a$$-kicking...

[Charlespg]

still waiting for congress to to somthing about this

................... and still waiting

[Wristpin]

It is like Watergate except worse. Dem operatives are stealing the nation's National Security information to use as a political weapon. The Watergate flap was over a few Hooker's phone numbers.

[Hillsdale Guy]

What is happening to the liberal media?

I bet Keller places an in-house ban on hiring any Oregonian writers.

[johnny7]

Just another backfired 'mission' for the DNC/MSM alliance... there's been a slew of them since RATher/Mapes/Lockart.

[Congressman Billybob]

I, too, am surprised by another part of the MSM attacking the New York Times for its reprehensible "journalistic" decision. I also wrote about this in my column this week. See below.

P.S. Interested in a Freeper in Congress? Keep in touch with me.

Congressman Billybob

Latest article: "The Lesson of the African Queen"

[Seadog Bytes]

Pretty good related letter in the SJ Mercury News this AM...I thought...

   

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[nopardons]

bttt

[Seadog Bytes]

Thanks! I wish I'd WRITTEN it! ...LOL

[nopardons]

It was a good read. :-)

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks for the ping.

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[potlatch]

LOL, they could do a real job on that face, might even improve it! The medals look good.



Thanks for the ping to your graphic Seadog. I missed it earlier.

[Smartass]

Thanks for sharing the article Seadog...

 

[Seadog Bytes]

Certainly.

...and Nice graphic, by the way.

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VERY nice!

[Smartass]

Thank you Seadog...

"...and Nice graphic, by the way."

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