Infinite MonkeysLeave it to James Lileks to sum it all up:
It seems like the New York Times is revealing all our national security secrets, but relax: they have their limits. If the Times learned that US troops were force-feeding Gitmo detainees with Coca-cola, they wouldn’t publish Coke’s secret formula. They might get sued. If there’s a CIA program that uses offensive cartoons of Mohammed to communicate with agents, they’ll keep mum, lest they have to publish the images. They might get stabbed. But secret law-enforcement-type programs as classified as the access code to the Times top-floor elevator? Fair game. You’ve the right to know.
Yep. I've got to know. Show me the cartoons to explain why millions of Muslims are rioting all over the globe? Nope, no right to know. Tell me who betrayed our trust in the Government by leaing this to the Times? Nope, no right to know.
Posted by JamesPh. at June 28, 2006 08:40 PM