Thursday, July 13, 2006
A Take On The Times Leaking Swift Information
Jacob Weisberg reports for Slate:
(Pulled from Instapundit)
In the latest battle between the press and the White House, opinions have tended to break along predictable lines. The ACLU, most Democrats in Congress, and Frank Rich contend that the New York Times did the right thing in revealing government monitoring of international financial transactions through the SWIFT system. Dick Cheney, Republican House members, and a pitchfork-waving mob of talk-show hosts and conservative bloggers think exposing the operation damaged national security without justification. Lumping the recent disclosure together with earlier revelations about the National Security Agency's domestic eavesdropping program, feverish voices on the right are calling for journalists to be prosecuted for treason.While defending the fundamental institution of Journalism, Weisberg gives his opinion on why it was still wrong for The New York Times to report when they did.
(Pulled from Instapundit)
