Comments on: Video: Bush calls Times’s expose “disgraceful”

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » House vote on resolution condemning NYT expected tomorrow

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 23:24:36 +0000

[...] If this is the logic, that Bush can’t be trusted now even with unambiguously legal surveillance, then the media has carte blanche to expose counterterrorism operations. Simple as that. It’s a self-awarded license to leak. Never mind the fact that some members of Congress were aware of the program (as Bush himself emphasized the other day), or that Lee Hamilton, Kean’s co-chair on the 9/11 commission, was briefed about it. Their lie is in service to a greater “truth” — that Bush himself, and not the terrorists he’s trying to track, is the primary threat to American national security. Better that ten guilty jihadis go free than one Republican president be able to police them in secret. [...]

By: Brutally Honest

Brutally Honest — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 10:22:53 +0000

“Disgraceful”…

Michelle Malkin’s Hot Air has the video of a pissed off President. It’s righteous…. what we did was fully authorized under the law. And the disclosure of this program is disgraceful. We’re at war with a bunch of people who…

By: Theworldisnotenough

Theworldisnotenough — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 03:02:57 +0000

*bristling*

Ooo he seems serious. Now if we can only get him that mad at illegals.

Hey new angle on that. Won’t the new ID requirements recommended by DHS out every illegal in the country? No wonder Bush wants to get amnesty through Congress before Dec 31 2006. I’m guessing California will not comply. Forcing all legal citizens to get passports. And forcing the hand of ICE, and the IRS to clean up all the W-2 fraud.

By: The Farq Blogs » NY Times prints “classified” information. Bush calls it disgraceful…

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:36:06 +0000

[...] From HotAir.Com. – The LA Times printed a story leaking classified information in a recent story. They claim they were trying to be preemptive and show the administration for what they are. They even go on to defend themselves by saying that the only reason this has gotten a lot of publicity is because of right-wing bloggers and radio talk show hosts. [...]

By: speed647

speed647 — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 23:06:30 +0000

He hasn’t been this pissed since 9/11.

Just maybe he’s pissed enough to take some real action against these traitors. Let’s hope.

By: Dave Shay

Dave Shay — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 22:55:12 +0000

Who was the idiot reporter who claimed that Congress wasn’t informed, and what news organization does she work for? It would be interesting to follow-up to see how they reported the outcome of this press conference. (ie: did they mention in their coverage that Congress was indeed informed?)

By: Demon Blog

Demon Blog — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:39:30 +0000

Update: Bush on NYT Leak case….

UPDATE: Bush slams leak of anti-terror program N.Y. Times story ‘does great harm to the United States of America’ –Associated Press See Bush slam anti-terror leak ‘The disclosure of this program is disgraceful’ –HotAir.com Tony Snow: ‘The NEW Y…

By: Small Town Veteran

Small Town Veteran — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:47:05 +0000

Bush calls Times’s expose “disgraceful”…

Allah has video and some great links here….

By: Shmo

Shmo — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:46:54 +0000

A sound thrashing with a fish bat would be best for those traitors.

By: Small Town Veteran

Small Town Veteran — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:42:16 +0000

The Banking Report: Let Me Make It Simple For You Morons…

The Banking Report: Let Me Make It Simple For You Morons Hat tip:…

By: tormod

tormod — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:29:42 +0000

Mr. President, Sir, you forgot despicable and….

By: Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler » Blog Archive » “Disgraceful”

Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler » Blog Archive » “Disgraceful” — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:45:08 +0000

[...] President Bush goes on the record describing the behavior of the al-Qaeda Times as “disgraceful”, which is an understatement, if you ask us. [...]

By: easy87us

easy87us — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:44:14 +0000

SAID IT BEST IS NOT ENOUGH!

We must haul those traitors into court!

By: The Anchoress » Keller is well-pummeled; you don’t need me!

The Anchoress » Keller is well-pummeled; you don’t need me! — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:40:41 +0000

[...] Sister Toldjah has the president’s angry remarks on this. On the video you can see just how angry the president is, but I think it’s time for Bush to be more than angry. I think he needs to put on his cowboy boots and stomp on some Hamptons-tanned toes. Or maybe he should let Lt. Cotton do it. He writes to Keller: And, by the way, having graduated from Harvard Law and practiced with a federal appellate judge and two Washington law firms before becoming an infantry officer, I am well-versed in the espionage laws relevant to this story and others — laws you have plainly violated. I hope that my colleagues at the Department of Justice match the courage of my soldiers here and prosecute you and your newspaper to the fullest extent of the law. By the time we return home, maybe you will be in your rightful place: not at the Pulitzer announcements, but behind bars. [...]

By: gary

gary — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:39:40 +0000

The President said it best. nuff said.

By: brazilnut

brazilnut — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:34:18 +0000

Go W!

By: It Shines For All

It Shines For All — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:27:48 +0000

Defending The Times…

Hugh Hewitt (via Powerline) writes that “the NYT’s Executive Editor Bill Keller refuses interviews but does provide a wholly unpersuasive reponse that is, at best, defensive posturing.” Meantime, the AP reports that “The chairman of the House Homel…

By: California Conservative

California Conservative — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:25:43 +0000

President Chastises NY Times…

In a move that’s sure to win him the approval of the American people, President Bush took sharp aim at the NY Times’ reporting of a top-secret but legal program that’s been used to apprehend AQ operatives and terrorists. The AP repor…

By: sisu

sisu — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:14:21 +0000

“I shall never buy the New York Times again”…

The Sunday TImes reports, you decide: People look at the lobster and try to imagine what its experience would be like, but they don’t look at a package of chicken breasts and imagine what the experience would be like, said…

By: Ex-Donkey Blog

Ex-Donkey Blog — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:11:59 +0000

Dubya Rips NYT: “Disgraceful”…

And rightfully so:”The American people expect this government to protect our constitutional liberties and, at the same time, make sure we understand what the terrorists are trying to do. The 9/11 Commission recommended that the government be robust in…

By: Michelle Malkin

Michelle Malkin — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:02:51 +0000

LESSON FOR FISHWRAPPERS; MESSAGES FOR THE DOJ…

At Hot Air today, we resurrect the Private Snafu cartoons from WWII to try and help the Fish Wrappers understand that blabbing carries consequences. Watch the whole thing. Especially what’s in the mirror at the end of the cartoon…….

By: TimChapmanBlog.com » Blog Archive » Bush comments on troop withdrawal and terrorist finance program

Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:59:40 +0000

[...] Bush also commented on the anti-terrorism finance program revealed by the NY Times (video here): “Congress was briefed. And what we did was fully authorized under the law. And the disclosure of this program is disgraceful. We’re at war with a bunch of people who want to hurt the United States of America, and for people to leak that program, and for a newspaper to publish it does great harm to the United States of America. What we were doing was the right thing. Congress was aware of it, and we were within the law to do so. [...]

By: BelchSpeak

BelchSpeak — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:59:37 +0000

Does the New York Times check its delivery vans and its contents to ensure the security of its employees in their building? Would they consider a background check on those delivery drivers an invasion of privacy? Would the publication of the New York Times Offices building blueprints and ventilation units be considered something that is in the public’s interest? How about the schedule of their security staff’s breaks and whether or not one of them has a bad gambling problem? What if a list of the working and non working security cameras is published? Would that be in the public interest? The home addresses of its reporting staff? I think the public would like to know.

Of course, the Times protects that information as part of its operational security and would diligently fight to prevent the disclosure of it for the safety of its employees. If anyone would disclose that information, the Times would consider it an attack on their own security and safety. But the Times endangers the rest of us by publishing our methods that we use to track terrorists.

What exactly is this line between public knowledge and the endangerment of society?

By: Francis Turner

Francis Turner — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:45:49 +0000

I think individuals should also revoke the NY Slimes press credentials. Don't let them in as accredited press, don't interview with them, don't buy advertisibng there etc. As I wrote at my blog I don't see any other way to make them realize that there is a downside to spilling national secrets

By: Come Let Us Reason » New York Times Blabs Away American Trust

Come Let Us Reason » New York Times Blabs Away American Trust — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:43:08 +0000

[...] The NYT is at it again, blabbing our nations secrets. President Bush calls it like it is — disgraceful. Michelle Malkin has a nice collection of Photoshopped art of old which shows the nations take on what the NYT has done. Hugh Hewitt says “The tenured lefties at the two Times’ don’t hate the country, but they do hate George Bush, and that hatred has blinded them to the damage they are doing and have done to the national security. Their bland assurances of “agony” and “difficult decision making” will not sooth the public’s anger.” [...]