How does the NYT 'leak' directly put Americans and?

Question

servicemembers fighting in terrorism in harms way.

Again, how does it DIRECTLY put us in harms way?

Was there this much outrage when Geraldo Rivera was giving out coordinates? <--that I would say is DIRECTLY putting troops in harms way.

BHarris, are you making claims that the NYT is directly working with terrorists?

Answer 1

It is just a distraction that all. Do you really think Bin Laden who was a CIA asset does not know how we operate. Give me a break. The administration is blaming the pres so that they don't have to answerer the real questions like why are they destroying the rights of the Constitution they swore to uphold.

Answer 2

We (the US) were a fly on the wall watching all the money coming and going to certain places thought or known to be hotbeds of terrorism. When we saw enough to link something together, we stopped it. The stupid NYT came in like a big tattletale and said "Look, look what Bush is doing!"

Guess what, no more terrorists are sending money that way and now we have much less idea what they are up to. If you can't see how that directly harms you or our troops, you must be blind.

Answer 3

Directly? Anyone working with the terrorists puts us directly in harms way. The NYT made it much more difficult for us to track their money. Tracking the money is the key to finding cells and bringing them all down. If that's not a direct hit to our ability to fight terrorism, what is?

If I let a known child molester hide in my home, and then that freak goes out later and rapes and kills a child, am I DIRECTLY responsible? If I hadn't given him shelter, maybe the cops would have caught him before he murdered someone. Providing aid and comfort to the enemy in any way does DIRECTLY put our troops and citizens in harm's way. If you can see it any other way, you're playing word games.

Answer 4

A war on terrorism demands good information. It is better for the US if the terrorists do not know on how the US gathers this information. If the terrorists know how we gather it it they can deny that information to us. If the terrorists can avoid getting caught they can continue their efforts against the US and they will try to kill Americans.

We rely heavily on electronic information because it is hard to slip a spy into a terrorist network, or bribe someone out of it. The money tracking and telephone monitoring systems were more valueable before everyone knew about them. Now terrorists will avoid doing things they know will get them caught.

Geraldo was stupid for giving out coordinates and I remember being worried that he was going to get someone killed as well.

Answer 5

Attacking the New York Times, calling them treasonous only implies Bush knows the war on terrorism is about tatics and not the soverign nation of Iraq. This is once again the Bush (Adminstration) circumventing protections afforded in the constitution and enforced by rule of law. He doesn't want to be held accountable so he comes out pointing fingers at the New York Times. He plays on the sentiments of most American's we don't want to lose the war on terror. Who does ? It's not about servicemen for him it's fostering and manipulating the ambigious war on terror. It's like the father who refuses to look under the bed and see if a monster really is there because he wants to frighten his son into staying in bed. They tell us the threat is so dire it constitutes circumventing rules of law but then offer up deals with the UAE. They tell us the threat is so servere they need special concessions for wiretapping without warrents but cut security spending to New York by 40% the US city hit by terror attacks. They tell us to "stay the course" and support the troops but cut benefits and wages to servicemen granting congress a raise. Now they tell us the New York Times has commited treason and put us in harms way giving away classified evidence to the enemy. They want us to believe the New York Times is the enemy because they broke the rule and questioned this Adminstration. That's what the press does is runs stories of importance to the public it's nothing like Geraldo giving our coordiantes or the goverment selling port contracts to a supposedly repentant UAE.

Answer 6

The NYT is a reputable paper. The fact that they published something leaked to them is normal. If I was a journalist I would do the same thing. The question should be where did the leak come from? Rove again????