This just in. It has recently been discovered that Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda have access to a technologically sophisticated, multi-million dollar intelligence gathering operation. It has agents on all continents, and sources within every agency of the US government. Even worse, this organization is actively being shielded from disruption by the American court system. It goes by the nickname “The Gray Lady”, but is officially known as The New York Times.
No information is too secret, no secret too important to national security not to be revealed in its pages, all in the name of the “public interest”.
Last week, the Times took it upon itself to reveal the US government’s top secret program to track the international financial transactions of terrorists. This is the same New York Times that six months ago revealed to terrorists that the US was secretly listening to their phone calls. This is also the same New York Times that in December of 2001, tipped off a terrorist front organization in New York, known as the Global Relief Foundation, that it was about to be raided by the FBI.
All of which begs the question, “what do you have to do to get locked up for treason in this country?”
If a news organization had pulled this type of stunt during WWII, revealing our intelligence gathering practices against the Germans or Japanese, someone would have gone to jail.
It would be nice to think that these people truly comprehend that we are in a war. That they appreciate that there are people in this world who want to kill Americans, who would love to acquire weapons that would do far more damage than what we experienced on September 11th. People that wouldn’t hesitate to incinerate New York City or Washington, DC if they could.
In truth, the fact that they can’t is all that’s stopping them. But give them enough time and money and they will be successful, which is why our government is trying to find and kill them before they have a chance. Letting them know how we are trying to prevent them from being successful gives them aid and comfort, the Constitutional definition of treason.
Article comments
1 - Les Slater
The right wing is nuts. They can't seem to make up their mind whether the New York Times is part of a Jewish conspiracy running the country, or now, a front for bin Ladin.
2 - RogerMDillon
I've had a bumper sticker on my car asking,Who would Osama vote for?”.
Considering Osama wanted a war in the Middle East, wanted secularist Saddam out of power, and his religion sees homosexuality as a sin, it's obvious he would have voted for Bush like you did. Priceless!
by the way, you're only four days late and add nothing new to the debate that hasn't been said here or elsewhere. keep stoking the fires.
3 - Michael J. West
It's in the public interest that the government find and prosecute those who leaked this information to the New York Times. And it's in the public interest that the Times be held accountable.
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Only 18 other people on this site have already said the exact same thing. And even Blogcritics' most dedicatedly conservative commentators have admitted the very real possibility that it was the White House who leaked. (Indeed, at least one insists upon it.)
Roger is correct--this doesn't add anything to the debate. Please, before you post to BC, read what's already there so you don't sumply repeat it.
4 - JP
For chrissake, I wish at least one of the far righties on BC would write an article suggesting the Times is treasonous. I wonder why they aren't addressing this topic?
5 - Margaret Romao Toigo
What about the Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times? Those papers reported this story, too.
6 - RogerMDillon
What? The White House leaking info to set up their opponents? Let me ask Bill Burkett about that.
You would think a political consultant would be more savvy unless he was just piling on to make points.