> Publishing articles on the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War. The NYT reports that the US Government (contrary to public statements) is expanding the war in Vietnam and has proof. and that's irresponsible journalism?
> Exposing that the Treasury Department is monitoring terror funding > (Terrorist Finance Tracking Program). The NYT (along with LA Times and WSJ) "expose" a bank monitoring scheme (that had already been mentioned in smaller stories about SWIFT) that was being conducted in violation of privacy laws in an allied nation. Only, of course the NYT is actually accused of wrong-doing, though, not LA Times or WSJ. Please do not try to tell me that 'the terrorists' were not already acutely aware that their funds were being watched. > Reporting that Pres. Bush authorize the NSA to eavesdrop on Americans > and Others in the US without court-approved warrants. Which, again, was true. And why should we need the protection of judicial oversight, after all, if you're not doing anything wrong, why should you worry about the government listening in? We should trust that the government is always going to do the right thing, right? > Some of these issues puts the entire nation and possibly the world at > risk. Which of them? Exposing the government in a baldfaced lie? With evidence? Exposing an already known monitoring scheme that was breaking the laws of a sovereign nation with the complicity of that nation's government? Or doing an end-run around our freedoms and right to privacy? > Now I know that they always cry first amendment rights and what > not, but at what cost is it worth printing things that really should not > be printed at all just to make a few bucks? Hey, maybe they shouldn't report on the cannibal killer guy either, cause he's fucked up and obviously sick, we wouldn't want the world to know that this sort of animal lives among us, right? -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:255209 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
