NY Times and intelligence leaks

scaeagles · 06-29-2006, 01:04 PM

Tom Delay was associated with Jack Abramoff and was forced to step down from leadership. But what about Harry Reid? He's associated with Jack Abramoff but maintains his leadership position.

If I posted something like that, cries would abound from this board saying the only way I could justify Delay was to point out wrong doing by someone else.

Is that what you're doing MBC? I don't disagree that the WSJ and any leakers of the info should face some sort of penalty along with the NYT. But that doesn't change what the NYT has done.

I would be interested to hear what you think about the NYT, WSJ, the leakers, treason, and freedom of the press in relation to classified material.

Motorboat Cruiser · 06-29-2006, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

I would be interested to hear what you think about the NYT, WSJ, the leakers, treason, and freedom of the press in relation to classified material.

Have to meet a client in a few minutes, but I'll try to respond later.

Motorboat Cruiser · 06-30-2006, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

I would be interested to hear what you think about the NYT, WSJ, the leakers, treason, and freedom of the press in relation to classified material.

Finally, a chance to respond.

Quite honestly, I believe this story was intentionally leaked to the NYT so that the administration could then attack them. Otherwise, they have far worse problems than what the Times chose to report. If the Times commited treason then there are a number of traitors in this administration. The Times would have no story to report if it hadn't been leaked to them from the administration. And considering that this administration already has a history of leaking information to the media whenever it serves their purposes, I find it a plausable scenario (not much different from when they passed a document to CBS news, then crucified Dan Rather when he reported it). Standard operating procedure. This would also explain why there is no mention of the Wall St. Journal anywhere to be found. Regardless of who leaked it first, they are equally guilty for publishing the story, IMO.

06-29-2006, 01:04 PM	#1
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Tom Delay was associated with Jack Abramoff and was forced to step down from leadership. But what about Harry Reid? He's associated with Jack Abramoff but maintains his leadership position. If I posted something like that, cries would abound from this board saying the only way I could justify Delay was to point out wrong doing by someone else. Is that what you're doing MBC? I don't disagree that the WSJ and any leakers of the info should face some sort of penalty along with the NYT. But that doesn't change what the NYT has done. I would be interested to hear what you think about the NYT, WSJ, the leakers, treason, and freedom of the press in relation to classified material.
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