Why James Rosen Is Not Blameless

Slate ^ | 05/30/2013 | By Fred Kaplan

[2ndDivisionVet]

Both Slate and Salon (who can tell the difference) carrying water for the Far Left since their inception.

[BenLurkin]

I forget, is it Slate or Salon that publishes from an insane asylum?

[Steely Tom]

Daniel Ellsberg wasn't blameless either.

Neither was Daniel Schorr.

I strongly suspect that Bernstein and Woodward weren't "blameless," under the instant definition of that word.

Mark Felt wasn't blameless, and John Dean was up to his neck in malfeasance.

So what?

[cripplecreek]

That is especially so if the secret activity in question doesn’t break laws, expose deceit, kill people, violate basic decency, or … (feel free to add to this list).

Potentially damage the marxist messiah.

[gotribe]

Exactly. Government people want everyone to be perfect angels - but not themselves.

+ Rosen

[demshateGod]

Wow! It’s good to see that Slate cares about America’s interests all of a sudden.

[Noumenon]

The Vichy bloggers at Slate have spoken.

[dhs12345]

? So his actions were indeed a threat to national security and he was a co-conspirator? That was the justification made by the Justice dept to allow the Justice dept to access his and his parents phone records.

[skeeter]

James Rosen isn’t totally blameless, either. He could’ve chosen to become a dentist instead of a journalist.

[petitfour]

ROFLOL

As if foreign countries would believe or not believe anything the US media reports. Is it true? Is it PRAVDA? Is it a bluff?

[demshateGod]

Who revealed that it was Seal Team 6 that took out Bin Laden? Some of which were killed when their helicopter was attacked. Isn’t the doctor who tipped off the US now rotting in a Pakistani prison?

[cripplecreek]

In Rosen’s case, the alarm bells went off not because he reported that North Korea was about to conduct a nuclear-weapons test but because he reported that the CIA learned of this fact from a source inside North Korea. In other words, Rosen revealed that the CIA had a source inside North Korea. It’s unclear whether the source was a human spy or a communications intercept; it’s also irrelevant because, thanks to this story, the source is probably no longer alive or active.

Of course we have sources inside NK, you would have to be an idiot to believe otherwise. Claiming the source is dead or inactive is pure speculation unless Kaplan himself is exposing secrets.

[Marylander]

To quote another freeper, So what? The Constitution doesn't say the press is free to publish only if blameless.

[petro45acp]

“... (feel free to add to this list).”

Expose a corrupt government running chicago style tactics? Intimidation under the color of authority? Attempted suppression of free speech under color of authority?

The A55H4T left was outraged over the patriot act and the perceived potential abuses.....they have only to look at their shabby messiah and his deep-dish machine to see what they most feared!!!!!

KYPD

[LibLieSlayer]

**** you kaplin.

[cripplecreek]

Anther thing this Urinalist misses is the fact that its not illegal for the media to seek, receive, or report sensitive information.

[Doogle]

...wish Slate would look into what Odungo was dealing with the Russians when he had more lean way after the election....

[CincyRichieRich]

Vomitosis; please employ Mitch Rapp.

[broken_arrow1]

Un-freakin-real!