Here we go again. Peter King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, is encouraging the Bush administration to press charges against the New York Times. King is responding to an article last week which reported on a "secret financial-monitoring program used to trace terrorists."
King is claiming the disclosure of these secret operations is an act of treason against the U.S. government, while the Times' executive editor Bill Keller stands by his belief that the government's financial monitoring program is of interest to the general public.
Of course, the republican administration can't just go around prosecuting people for no good reason, so King gives this insightful response to the Times and why they should fry.
He charged that the paper was “more concerned about a left-wing elitist agenda than it is about the security of the American people.â€
His argument, however, is not being supported by Senator Arlen Specter [R], Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Bill Keller responds today in an editors letter,
Our default position — our job — is to publish information if we are convinced it is fair and accurate, and our biggest failures have generally been when we failed to dig deep enough or to report fully enough.
Really? And here we thought it was their job to write about trends in skinny jeans and beards.
Congressman wants newspapers investigated [MSNBC]
Letter From Bill Keller on The Times's Banking Records Report [Bill Keller, New York Times]
They deserve to be prosecuted - this is irresponsible and compromises the security of our country. Can't stand them
Re Pete King. What a bigmouth. The stupid bastard doesn't realize that his boss George W Bush outed this information in one of his illustrious speeches a few years ago. He sounded like an idiot. I have disowned the Republican party, they are a bunch of cry babies and are stupid as hell for putting up with these idiots..