[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Traitors.

[SandRat]

The The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Washington Post CEO's need to be charged under the Espionage Act.

[ncountylee]

Frankly, after allowing the most despicable organs of MSM again and again place America in greater danger, I am starting to wonder how serious the White House is in the WOT. And I feel shame for even thinking this way but enough is enough. Please Mr. President fight these agenda driven internal enemies.

[Eagles6]

Is the WSJ slumming these days or is this an abberation?

[stevem]

While the legality of printing secrets may be debatable, it's clear there's a crisis among media elites that have allowed hatred of the president and his party to taint their reporting.

I think liberals do hate Bush, despite the fact that he isn't conservative, and his party. However, their hatred of the United States is boundless.

[RAldrich]

The NY Times and Ahmadinejad are adopting the same kind of provocative, confrontational tactics.

In Ahmadinejad's case, he thinks a war will result in chaos that will bring about the return of the Hidden Imam.

In the Times' case - who knows? But they definitely seem to want to provoke the Administration into some kind of action. Maybe they feel that a confrontation over the first amendment + privacy rights will bring about a Democratic renaissance - "people power" vs. the Bush right-wing, religious fundamentalist, big oil dictatorship??

[driftless]

Using the "publics right to know " argument is a fallacious one just by that mere fact. What the public must know are government plans to do harm to the republic. If the government is trying to protect the citiznery, which they were doing in this case, then the media must be extremely circumspect in revealing info. Clearly The Slimes crossed over the line and should be severely penalized for it. Considering the gravity of the offense and what is involved, national security, I believe long prison sentences are in order for Pinch and company. After a brief stay in Gitmo.

[driftless]

Thats citizenry ...not citizerny.

[Verginius Rufus]

I can't imagine this kind of thing going on in WWII. There was one instance when the Chicago Tribune published a piece of information that was useful to the Japanese, but that was apparently an isolated incident. The country was united in considering the Germans and Japanese to be our enemies, and in believing that the war against them had to be fought through to victory--rich and poor, Democrats and Republicans, media, intellectuals, and the public.

Now we have maybe 40% of the country hoping for the US to be defeated in Iraq and disbelieving in the reality of the war on terror--that is, most of the Democratic Party. Among the elite, professors, and the media, the figure is much higher.

The different reality may be part of the reason for Bush's unwillingness to do anything about these repeated leaks which damage national security...he would be attacked by most of the media as doing it for partisan reasons or because of his dictatorial aims, and would get precious little support from the Republicans in Congress.