The NY Times now has twice reveled to the people who would kill us all, the Top Secret methods we use to track and catch terrorist. The Government begged them to not print this information yet in their zeal to attack Bush (the real enemy) they used their first ammendment rights to tell the terrorists how we catch them.
Should the Editors of the NY Times be arrested for helping Al Queda escape detection?
2006-06-27 05:22:52 · 12 answers · asked by Gone Rogue 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
it's called treason. when, in a time of war, the press subverts the government to release battle strategies, it could be called treason! j. edgar hoover would have had them shut down and investigated! the only reason that hasn't happened today is because of leftist liberal scum. these same whiny people who complain about everything in this country, and have no realistic ways to deal with any of it. heads full of utopian idealistic crap, and mouths full of piss and vinegar. thank the liberals that more of our men will die because of the ny times being so enthusiastically anti-government.
as far as rights to privacy.... we are in a time of war! do any of you remember 9/11 at all?!?!?!?!? who cares if the fed listens to my conversations? I have nothing to hide!!! if you do, you deserve to get caught! to hell with the rights of the clearly guilty!
"This subversive act to follow the money is another example of the Bush administration" LOL! and the times isn't following the money with sensational headlines and security information leaks to sell more papers LOL no, not at all
what ever happened to patriotism?
2006-06-27 05:30:01 · answer #1 · answered by ladrhiana 4 · 7⤊ 0⤋
I wonder when was the last time that an Al Queda read the New York Times. No, the paper not only has a right but a duty to report the news. This subversive act to follow the money is another example of the Bush administration, (or Big Brother) into our daily lives. Can we say wire tap. Just follow the law that is what he swore to on Jan. 20, 2000,2004.
2006-06-27 12:31:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course not, because obviously these top secret methods aren't working all too well. That's what we have first amendment rights for, and I applaud them for exposing bogus tactics. Eavesdropping and invasion of privacy are not methods that I agree with, and it makes me feel good that people are actually questioning the validity of these "methods"
It would be a horrible day in America when the press was threatened with arrest for questioning the government's practices. Say hello to communism!
Also, the fact that information is "available" to terrorists is a crock. Maybe it will make America step up their security efforts, and make sure "top secret" information was kept secret in the first place!
2006-06-27 12:31:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The job of the fourth estate is to keep government in check. Governments exist for their own sake and love to accumulate power. Knowing this, the US' founding fathers designed a system designed to keep governments in check - partly by a constitution limiting the powers of each branch of government, and also by saying that "Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press."
The government, in the last few years, has siezed on the opportunity provided by 9/11 to vastly, vastly increase its own powers. Too many of us have bought into that - that lots of government is good because governments say that it is. In my day, we used to call that "communism", but hey - I guess fashions change.
The press is the bullwark against governments that heap up powers they don't really need. Governments have to think twice about what they do if they know they may have to defend what they do before an informed public.
2006-06-27 12:32:01 · answer #4 · answered by evolver 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fact that the US is monitoring all communications and finanacial transactions is not a secret to anyone.
The full headline should be: "Did you know that your rights to privacy are being violated in the following way? Our enemies do, and so should you."
2006-06-27 12:30:42 · answer #5 · answered by Dan in Boston 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Puh lease! this stuff is news. It's called freedom of speech. Rather than pointing fingers at the press, how about addressing the fact that our government sucks at keeping things secret!
2006-06-27 12:27:09 · answer #6 · answered by absynthian 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Must the American people remain in the dark about illegal activities of the President? I am absolutely amazed that so many of the right wingers are so willing to give up their freedoms - like freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
2006-06-27 12:37:30 · answer #7 · answered by Lou 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If we leaked the subway and sewer lines to get to the lower levels of the Times building, I think Al Qadea might take of the problem for us.
2006-06-27 12:26:33 · answer #8 · answered by freetyme813 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they were Top Secret then the azzhole in Washington that declassified the information should not only loose his/her job but should have his/her azz fed to him/herself.
Don't shoot the messenger.
2006-06-27 12:29:50 · answer #9 · answered by Pretty_Trini_Rican 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Arrested, no. Fined millions, probably.
2006-06-27 12:25:06 · answer #10 · answered by obviously_you'renotagolfer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋