While I fully support the efforts of U.S. Representative Pete King (R-NY) and Kentucky's own Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY) to prosecute Americans for treason in a time of war, I think their hearts are in the right place but their heads are focusing on the wrong entity.
The New York Times (NYT) chose to publish what they'd discovered about the U.S. bank-monitoring program to track the financial dealings of those supporting terrorism. Yes, against government requests not to and against what most of us would deem common sense, they published it for the world to read. This is typical of our irresponsible media. No surprise to me.
However, ask yourself this: Would the Times have had a story to publish if someone (or some people) within "classfied" circles not told them about it? Who truly committed treason here? The source(s) of the story, of course. It's evident that The Times was in it just to increase their circulation and make themselves the news of the day. The source(s) who leaked classified government information should be prosecuted for treason, post haste!
There are some who agree with the Times and support their actions (gee, Richard Clarke, again?) by claiming that terrorists all ready knew about the program but Americans didn't and, by golly, Americans need to know! Um...helloooo? I would like to debunk that claim by saying that *I* knew. Of course I knew. The President had told all of us (Americans and the entire world) in speeches over and over again that the U.S. is targeting the source of funding for terrorists. Were other Americans not paying attention when he said that? Did anyone else find it surprising that we were doing exactly what the President said we'd be doing?
So then the question becomes: Do I need to know EXACTLY how we are doing it? Nope. Do I care if the government is watching fund transfers from our country to off-shore accounts? You bet I don't. This program was disabling some terrorist activities; you bet I don't care how they were doing it. I only care that it was successful! WAS is now the keyword thanks to the treasonist(s) who spilled the beans to the Times. How dare they provide government secrets that were helping us win this war (yes, folks, we are at war... remember?) against Islamo-fascists?
Shut up. Shut the fig up, fergawdssake! Is nothing sacred anymore? Is our safety and the squashing of hate-filled Islamo-fascists who would kill every last one of us, Liberal or Conservative, not worth keeping your freakin' mouths SHUT?!
As Michael Barone writes, The NYT is at war against America. Apparently, they are winning right now when something this heinous passes for "freedom of the press." So, I ask you this: Did the Times commit treason or are they simply guilty of sheer idiocy? Check the definitions:
trea·son ( P ) Pronunciation Key (trzn) n.
Violation of allegiance toward one's country or sovereign, especially the betrayal of one's country by waging war against it or by consciously and purposely acting to aid its enemies.
A betrayal of trust or confidence.
id·i·o·cy ( P ) Pronunciation Key (d--s) n. pl. id·i·o·cies
Extreme folly or stupidity.
A foolish or stupid utterance or deed.
Psychology. The state or condition of being an idiot; profound mental retardation.
It's very clear in my mind that the source(s) of the classified information committed treason. Plain and simple. It's also very clear that the NYT committed an act of idiocy aided and abetted by one or more acts of treason. Ladies and gentlemen, I believe we've found that sleeper cell of Al Qaeda right here in our own country as theorized. Who would have thought it was made up of persons in classified government circles and a major media outlet?
If this country has any sense, it will round up the lot of them and send them off to Club Gitmo as POWs. I'm not holding my breath but I'd sure love to see it happen!
The New York Times (NYT) chose to publish what they'd discovered about the U.S. bank-monitoring program to track the financial dealings of those supporting terrorism. Yes, against government requests not to and against what most of us would deem common sense, they published it for the world to read. This is typical of our irresponsible media. No surprise to me.
However, ask yourself this: Would the Times have had a story to publish if someone (or some people) within "classfied" circles not told them about it? Who truly committed treason here? The source(s) of the story, of course. It's evident that The Times was in it just to increase their circulation and make themselves the news of the day. The source(s) who leaked classified government information should be prosecuted for treason, post haste!
There are some who agree with the Times and support their actions (gee, Richard Clarke, again?) by claiming that terrorists all ready knew about the program but Americans didn't and, by golly, Americans need to know! Um...helloooo? I would like to debunk that claim by saying that *I* knew. Of course I knew. The President had told all of us (Americans and the entire world) in speeches over and over again that the U.S. is targeting the source of funding for terrorists. Were other Americans not paying attention when he said that? Did anyone else find it surprising that we were doing exactly what the President said we'd be doing?
So then the question becomes: Do I need to know EXACTLY how we are doing it? Nope. Do I care if the government is watching fund transfers from our country to off-shore accounts? You bet I don't. This program was disabling some terrorist activities; you bet I don't care how they were doing it. I only care that it was successful! WAS is now the keyword thanks to the treasonist(s) who spilled the beans to the Times. How dare they provide government secrets that were helping us win this war (yes, folks, we are at war... remember?) against Islamo-fascists?
Shut up. Shut the fig up, fergawdssake! Is nothing sacred anymore? Is our safety and the squashing of hate-filled Islamo-fascists who would kill every last one of us, Liberal or Conservative, not worth keeping your freakin' mouths SHUT?!
As Michael Barone writes, The NYT is at war against America. Apparently, they are winning right now when something this heinous passes for "freedom of the press." So, I ask you this: Did the Times commit treason or are they simply guilty of sheer idiocy? Check the definitions:
trea·son ( P ) Pronunciation Key (trzn) n.
Violation of allegiance toward one's country or sovereign, especially the betrayal of one's country by waging war against it or by consciously and purposely acting to aid its enemies.
A betrayal of trust or confidence.
id·i·o·cy ( P ) Pronunciation Key (d--s) n. pl. id·i·o·cies
Extreme folly or stupidity.
A foolish or stupid utterance or deed.
Psychology. The state or condition of being an idiot; profound mental retardation.
It's very clear in my mind that the source(s) of the classified information committed treason. Plain and simple. It's also very clear that the NYT committed an act of idiocy aided and abetted by one or more acts of treason. Ladies and gentlemen, I believe we've found that sleeper cell of Al Qaeda right here in our own country as theorized. Who would have thought it was made up of persons in classified government circles and a major media outlet?
If this country has any sense, it will round up the lot of them and send them off to Club Gitmo as POWs. I'm not holding my breath but I'd sure love to see it happen!
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