maycocksean
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Okay then the it is illegal to reveal classified information, in that the person who passes the information to the press is breaking the law. It is not illegal to publish said information (freedom of the press).
And yet we're all in a lather over the NYT, not concerned about who in the government is passing out this information like candy?
That doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
It sounds more to me like the concern is that the NYT is not supporting administrative policy. Isn't that really the root of the argument? I think one of the early posts on this issue was comparing WWII to the current war, and how the media was so supportive of the adminstration back then, and look how we've fallen. Well the difference was that back then the media and the general public supported the war. This time they don't.
In fact, when we talk about the revealing of other types of classified information, like say Valerie Plame's identity, suddenly we're arguing the information is not so important (the same arguments made here about the monitoring of financial transactions) etc.
Isn't the real issue that some don't like the NYT's lack of support for the adminstrations policies and therefore lack of feeling burdened to protect their secrets? Should the media feel a responsiblity to protect whatever secrets the current administration has in it's possession? I should hope not.
And yet we're all in a lather over the NYT, not concerned about who in the government is passing out this information like candy?
That doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
It sounds more to me like the concern is that the NYT is not supporting administrative policy. Isn't that really the root of the argument? I think one of the early posts on this issue was comparing WWII to the current war, and how the media was so supportive of the adminstration back then, and look how we've fallen. Well the difference was that back then the media and the general public supported the war. This time they don't.
In fact, when we talk about the revealing of other types of classified information, like say Valerie Plame's identity, suddenly we're arguing the information is not so important (the same arguments made here about the monitoring of financial transactions) etc.
Isn't the real issue that some don't like the NYT's lack of support for the adminstrations policies and therefore lack of feeling burdened to protect their secrets? Should the media feel a responsiblity to protect whatever secrets the current administration has in it's possession? I should hope not.