Posted by
JV on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 12:43:45 PM
I agree with
National Review's call for a leak
investigation. There are way too many leaks in Washington to investigate them all and a case can be made that some classified information doesn't really deserve to be classified. But there are certainly things that do need to be protected and information on how we are tracking terrorists needs to be protected.
I think that the primary focus should be on the leakers, not the Times and I hope that the investigation will be similar to the scope of the Palme leak. Indeed, the Palme leak, at worst, had a minimal impact on our security. The leaks reported by the Times undoubtedly had a major
impact and thus should require much more effort to find the leakers.
Anyone who has information on those who committed the leaks should be compelled to testify, including reporters and editors.
As for the Times, I think that they should be shunned and ridiculed and I thin that Thomas Holsinger at
Winds of Change might be right, that they should be jointly liable for any terrorist actions that could have been stopped by the compromised programs.
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