Comments on: NYT involved in another leak of classified info

By: Great White Rat

Great White Rat — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 08:05:30 +0000

I’ve heard the same report as Leslie. Did anyone else get the idea that the administration might have been playing the NYT like a fiddle in order to get a point across to al-Maliki?

Here’s the scenario: the administration wants the Iraqi leader to move more decisively in building up his security forces and in taking more control over the country. The administration also knows that the NYT will always publish any classified document it gets its hands on, especially one that the NYT thinks might hurt the WOT effort. So you leak the document and wait for the Times to perform predictably. Net effect: al-Maliki gets a bit of a jolt and realizes he has to assert his leadership more or lose our support.

Kind of an unlikely scenario, granted, but the beauty of it is that it’s positively Rovian.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 15:16:43 +0000

Sistah,

I think the whole system is rotten, but this is the way it is. When an administration source leaks a story to the Times, there’s no way they’re going to ignore it.

That’s how things work in Washington, as much as we might wish otherwise.

By: tom

tom — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:37:39 +0000

Then why was there no comment on the administration leaker? Sounds like you’re shooting the messenger here.

Thumbs down for this leaky Administration.

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:32:00 +0000

But as we’ve discussed before when talking about the other classified leaks that the NYT has published, Les, the NYT has some culpability for publishing them in the first place. I do agree, however, that the main culprit is the leaker (or shall I say “whistleblower”?

By: Leslie

Leslie — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:19:10 +0000

Umm . . . the story was leaked to the Times by an administration official. Somebody high enough up to have seen the classified material.

That person is the culprit, not the Times.

And, since it was a senior official, maybe, just maybe, the administration wanted the thing leaked?

Hmm . . . ?

By: Drewsmom

Drewsmom — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:49:17 +0000

Looks like the nyslimes are just gonna keep leaking classified info and with the dems in they have no reason NOT to stop, thanks Justice Department.

By: Amy Proctor

Amy Proctor — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:46:15 +0000

NY Times Takes Another Leak on Iraq

While this memo is a totally legitimate critique of the Prime Minister, it must embarrass and perhaps anger the good PM. This appears to be another attempt in a string of many by the communistic New York Times to purposely thwart the Bush administr…

By: Wake up America

Wake up America — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:47:39 +0000

Treason and the New York Times

In law, treason is the crime of disloyalty to one’s nation or state. A person who betrays the nation of their citizenship and/or reneges on an oath of loyalty and in some way willfully cooperates with an enemy, is considered to be a traitor.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:53:18 +0000

Well if the New York Times keeps this up they might find them selves banned from any kind of forum where News Personel were allowed in before. I can’t say that I would be to sad to hear that the New York Times ruined it for all the other News Organizations either.