Armed Liberal askes writes a very pointed article about The Times And Citizenship. Simply put, he says that the Times et al. have put themselves beyond any normal morality. Rather they are of a higher plane, not bound by right and wrong and certainly not patriotism. That frees them from any ethical dilemmas that might arise from the examples as cited.

Leftists applaud the NYT for blowing state secrets even when they are not illegal and are helping to defund and track down terrorists. How this is possible is beyond me. No US citizens were under surveilance and no laws were being broken. There was a review by SWIFT officials in Belgium and thereafter by BAH analysts in the States. The program was subject to Congressional oversight as well. Why then, was the program disclosed? The all powerful "public's right to know". Sorry, but there are some things the public doesn't have the right to know. We don't have a right to know performance characteristics of military hardware. We don't have the right to the President's travel schedule. We don't have the right to medical histories of our Congressmen or our neighbors. We don't have a right to know how much money a businessman makes.

We have secrets for a reason. Despite all the histrionics, this program was no threat to anyone who wasn't up to very bad things.

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The Last Ephor said…
That's not what I'm saying. The point is a good one. The NYT does not get be objective to the point that they get to hinder legal intelligence programs simly because it makes for a good story in the paper.
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