[mewzilla]

"Frankly I'm much more interested in the government spying perhaps illegally on American citizens...

Really, Hennican? Where was all that indignation when Bubba was in office?

[MNJohnnie]

Sorry Lunatic Leftists. You all jettisoned this arguement when you thought you were going to "Get Bush" with the Plame-Wilson slander job. Don't get to NOW claim the leakers should be protected. Treason is NOT protected by the 1st Amendment.

[atomicpossum]

"[The government's] job is to keep the secret, our job is to tell the truth."

MSM, declared enemy of America.

[Clioman]

"[The government's] job is to keep the secret, our job is to tell the truth."

Fair enough. Find the government leakers who have broken their solumn oath to preserve classified information, try them for treason, and execute them, but do it humanely. We wouldn't want to be accused of being unkind.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

The egregious Ellis Henican, self-declared foe of American national security:

[hershey]

The press is still infected with that Woodward/Bernstein malady. They get it in journalism school. It would be funny if Woodward appeared on TV and said there were some things in life more important than 'telling the truth' and letting the chips fall where they may -- such as protecting this country from nuclear attack. I suspect he'd instantly become a nonperson and the outraged MSM would strike him off all cocktail party lists.

[rodguy911]

The rats have no case and they know it.
Honeycut can talk as fast as he wants it still won't matter. If you listen closely he is now giving in to about half of our solid factual points just so he can try and slip one of his bogus "get GW all the time" lies in.The DNC talking point must suggest to rat/talkers on the nets to go with "GW wiretapped illegaly" which was been proven to be a lie almost as soon as the bougus story came out.

But they will keep trying and we, the new media, will keep exploding and exposing their lies until their voices,the old media, have no takers at all.That day is on the way .

[G.Mason]

Of course, I suppose no one advised the great crusader for human rights and justice, Hennican, that he and those many other nimrods need to get their beloved enemy Democrat Party elected to office, in far greater numbers, to have a definitive say in these matters.

[stocksthatgoup]

Henican: "Without confidential sources investigative reporters can't do their work."

Pinkerton reminded Henican of the flip-side of that formulation: "Without confidential methods, government can't do its work."

[SubMareener]

We know exactly how FDR would have dealt with these folks. FDR sent all the Japanese Americans to interment camps for the duration of the war just to protect the fact that we had broken the Japanese codes and knew who their spies and saboteurs were in this country.

[auboy]

"[The government's] job is to keep the secret, our job is to tell the truth."

Then, Ellis is a complete and utter failure at his job.

[chatham]

Henican makes me physically sick.
When he speaks it is pure leftist rot.
If he is a journalist, God help us all.
He is not worth listening too.

[MizSterious]

I'm hearing how "heroic" the "whistle-blowers" (yes, they're using that term!!) were from lots of libs on the screaming head shows. I wish I could recall which columnist, though, said that if we lose this war, there won't BE any civil liberties. These libs don't seem to realize that this is what is at stake. If we lose, those loud-mouthed fish-wives, swishy gays, and media wh*res will be silenced, burka'ed, and in some cases, beheaded or otherwise put to death.

[duckman]

Had to turn Fox off this morning, Julian and Ellis in the same time frame is just too much.

[exit82]

Ellis Hennican--in the dictionary, see "smarmy".

[tiredoflaundry]

When the story about DOJ investigation broke yesterday, I kept 1 eye over at DUmmieland. Everything Hennican said this morning was written by DU yesterday.I think he memorized some of the threads!

[ken5050]

Mark..you've done such great work all year, keeping us apprised of all the Today Show goings son, AND also the occasional lunacies on FOX wekends, that on behalf of all your friends here, we've decided to give you Monday off..

[Cboldt]

So even in a time of war, Henican views the media as the government's antagonist on national security matters.

Even a blind acorn finds a squirrel from time to time.
I view the media as antagonist too, FWIW.

This is a good time to reread the Pentagon Papers case -- NEW YORK TIMES CO. v. UNITED STATES, 403 U.S. 713 (1971).

[montag813]

"We see another example of trying to turn the attention onto the messenger and blame the people who stood up and told Americans what they need to know"

And the terrorists as well.

[bert]

The American left first and foremost believe they won the contest to eliminate war forever when they forced the withdrawal from Vietnam.

To admit another war is to admit the leftistis cause lost.