Comments on: British Memo: U.S. Hopes to Cut Force in Iraq in Half by Early 2006

By: legion

legion — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 15:22:44 +0000

You people seem to think that reporters are somehow sneaking through our most secure installations, snatching up classified documents like James-frickin-Bond. You do realize, don't you, that someone with access to that info has to actually _do_ the leaking in the first place, before the reporter ever has to decide whether or not to publish?

I'm not saying reporters have no responsibilities here, but if you're gonna scold one side of the equation, you might want to look at the other side, too.

By: baldilocks

baldilocks — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 13:33:15 +0000

A Little More Treachery

Right on cue for Monday? U.K. Memo Cites

By: Pug

Pug — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 13:03:17 +0000

My question is: what classified document, what secret memo would be too classified or too secret for a journalist? Perhaps you should ask right-wing hero David Horowitz who, as editor of left-wing Ramparts magazine in his strident left-winger days in the early '70's, published highly sensitive information about satellite codes that was extremely helpful to the Russians. Now, though he should probably still be in prison, he's a great icon of the right-wing. Strange, isn't it?

By: EMT907

EMT907 — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 01:17:34 +0000

I think that the left either has a hard time understanding the idea of contigency plans or they're well aware of it, but will use anything they can get their hands on for a "gotcha", even if they look stupid in the process. As far as journalists publishing classified documents, I don't think they really care. If they can hold it up and bash Bush or Blair, that's all the justification they need. Seems treasonous to me to leak and publish classified documents, but I know you can't accuse liberals of being treasonous.

By: DeWaun

DeWaun — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 00:24:49 +0000

My question is: what classified document, what secret memo would be too classified or too secret for a journalist? It's like journalist has become snitching on every little thing. When will national security mean something to journalists?