Suing the NY Times for dis-closing classified information

Just Truth Please

[just truth please]

To the Lawyers in Free Republic land: How would a Citizens Action Group go about filing a lawsuit against the NY Times for their, seemingly, illegal release of classified Government information? It seems obvious the US Attorney General is not going to. Someone, some how needs to get this moving. Free Republic might be a good starting point.

[EDINVA]

from another thread: " ......then his Administration must not let the Times continue to disregard the law. Congress passed the Espionage Act of 1917 specifically to punish the kind of subversive acts in which the Times engaged by exposing the wiretapping and SWIFT programs."

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1655044/posts?page=74#74

[angelsonmyside]

bttt

[photodawg]

Were Gun Manufacturers sued inspite of the second ammendment?
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In a civil suit where a product was deemed to have caused an injury the plaintiff has to prove negligence on the part of the manufacturer that directly resulted in injury. Not every shooting results in a law suit against a gun manufacturer. The manufacturer, in this instance, is not an individual, but a company and damages would be paid by the company. Also, no criminal statute violations result in damages in civil cases. Criminal law results in punishment not damages. The publisher of NYT does not break criminal law by operating his newspaper and is not directly responsible for the actions of his business personally. The times is a corporation. The individuals involved in the act, if illegal, bear the responsibility.

[just truth please]

Add a 4th. Try Marxists! Maybe a 5th, destroy Democracy.

[Nam Vet]

I've been thinking about a lawsuit against the Slimes and just how the h3ll it could be done by ordinary citizens. The only thing I can think of is suing them for UNDULY or negligently subjecting me and my family to physical harm or death.

Nam Vet

[allen08gop]

Sure looks like Kerr McGee's stock price to me.

Perhaps you meant this one:

http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=NYT&script=300&layout=-6

They have been in a downward trend for 4 years now.

[WVNan]

Jay Rockefeller

[WVNan]

Jay Rockefeller

[WVNan]

Jay Rockefeller

[TASMANIANRED]

Woops..Egg on my face.


That's the graph that came up when I did NYT....

Thanks for the correction.

[WVNan]

Jay Rockefeller

[WVNan]

probably a democrat senator

Jay Rockefeller

[John Lenin]

The Rockefeller File

[purpleland]

I've been thinking about a lawsuit against the Slimes and just how the h3ll it could be done by ordinary citizens. The only thing I can think of is suing them for UNDULY or negligently subjecting me and my family to physical harm or death.
Nam Vet

*Americans from all corners (ala the "vast "Right-Wing Conspiracy" ;)
unified to form a massive tidal wave in Class Action suits against the ACLU and the NY Times, as well as J. Rochefeller, et al, would guarantee the extinction of these subversive entitites - toot sweet.

[purpleland]

"I count three (if not more). Secret Prisons..NSA...and now the newest one detailing our sources and methods of tracking terrorist money all over the world!"

Is the government/administration mandated to provide vital national security and critical classfied information to the MEDIA - the FIFTH COLUMN? Is the present administration so intimidated by the self-serving MEDIA which assert the "most secret..."???

[purpleland]

"I count three (if not more). Secret Prisons..NSA...and now the newest one detailing our sources and methods of tracking terrorist money all over the world!"

Is the government/administration mandated to provide vital national security and critical classfied information to the MEDIA - the FIFTH COLUMN? Is the present administration so intimidated by the self-serving MEDIA which assert the "most secret..."???

[penelopesire]

It is up to the DOJ to investigate and prosecute these leaks..which are coming from Clinton holdovers in the CIA & NSA and probably Senotor Rockefeller and other Democrat Senators.

[One4Indictment]

Back in the early 80s I worked for Lockheed on the F-117 production program. This was long before the F-117 was ever disclosed to the American people. I held a DoD Secret Security Clearance and we we're firmly warned that if we ever talked about our work outside of the plant(even to family members), made sketches, accidently exited the plant with documents or blueprints, that we could expect a quick visit by the FBI. I remember how impressed I was with our great nation that we could keep Secret projects under wraps. And now the NY Times can take similar Secret National Security programs and disclose them to the entire world with what seems to be complete immunity. It's time that our Govt. take a stand and go after the NY Times and their treason and arrogance. The NY Times has no concern for national security. I know that their are times when our national security trumps the public's right to know. Publications like the NY Times make me feel less safe and they need to be held accountable.

[CMAC51]

Tell me again what the compelling reason is that THE new york times disclosed the program:

1. Because they uncovered government abuses in the program;

2. Because the program is unconstitutional;

3. Because they could?

I have not seen any evidence of #1.

#2 could not be any more incorrect. There is a Supreme Court ruling that states this action is expressly allowed under the constitution. In response to that ruling, Congress specified the procedure for obtaining warrants and that procedure was followed exactly. The law is overwhelimgly on the side of the administration here.

[JoeSixPack1]

They talked it over with the White House.

Well then, who are we to require laws be followed if they talked it over with the WH. (/sarc)