Any organization found to be disseminating classified information will be taken over by the government.

In the case of the NYT, it can also be sited for doing it for profit, as it’s purpose is to make money through the dissemination of the information.

Thirdly, the leakers will be stopped.

The federal statute on treason, 18 USC 2381, provides in relevant part: “Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States … adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000.”

Thanks to The New York Times, the easiest job in the world right now is: “Head of Counterintelligence — Al-Qaida.” You just have to read The New York Times over morning coffee, and you’re done by 10 a.m.

So start up an investigation into where the leaks are comming from, drag these lice into a Grand Jury, and if anyone at the Times refuses to give up their sources testimony then let the Treason trial begin. If nothing else it might wake up the MSM to the fact that we aren’t playing games here. ;o)

Nothing would make me happier than an over-the-top aggressive posture by DOJ against our domestic enemies

Aggressive action against the traitors is required to win the war. There is nothing “over-the-top” about.

Merely “throwing them in jail” isn’t the answer. They threw John Kerry, Jane Fonda and their buddies in jail back in the Vietnam days. They used to walk up to the nearest cop with their wrists extended.

My heart is with you both, believe me. Nothing would make me happier than an over-the-top aggressive posture by DOJ against our domestic enemies at NY Times. But, as we see today with the idiotic decision by SCOTUS, our system is too weak for that. You and I see it one way, but there are five SC justices and a legion of district court and appellate lefties that see it the other way.

Have you noted that Justice Thomas was so opposed to Stevens’s opinion, he read his own dissent from the bench? First time in 15 years. If their own colleagues see that the 5 lefties are idiots, what are we to do? Rage against the machine?

ACLU is doing the victory dance; NY Times is declaring this abomination a “severe rebuke of the Bush administration.” No, we cannot give them more ammunition to make the administration look like they’re out of control.

Pull their press credentials, start an investigation of the leak, subpoena the reporters and editor (every newspaper that ran the story), demand their sources, hold them in contempt, throw them in jail. But prosecuting the paper for treason is a huge waste of time and credibility, IMAO.

The left will attempt a thing that is wrong over and over again until it becomes acceptable. It seems to be human nature to surrender to a sustained action when those behind the action are committed to it.

Since it looks like I called prosecution a negative action, let me clarify and complete the point: If the right action isn’t attempted even once, there is no momentum for making that right action the norm.

back to the original point: prosecuting the Times and failing will only strengthen their position and embolden their willingness to undermine national security, if that’s even possible.

It’s not possible. It’s the failure to treat these people like the enemy they are that emboldens them to commit more treason.

Prosecuting and failing only strengthens their position if you fail to follow up and attempt to prosecute the next one and the one after that.

Repeatedly attempting to prosecute this behavior would allow it to sink into the American conscience that this is indeed treason. The left will attempt a thing that is wrong over and over again until it becomes acceptable. It seems to be human nature to surrender to a sustained action when those behind the action are committed to it.

Repeated prosecutions would force liberals to repeatedly defend treason. They need more than one jurist out of twelve to win elections.

This way, we can jail at least some of the traitors-masquerading-as-”journalists,” and if we’re lucky they’ll eventually rat on their sources – a two-fer!

On thing that Bryan wrote that I believe to be true, with the exception of us being a stupid country.

I believe it’s human nature to wait till many die before any action is taken. That’s seems to me, mankinds (human-kine for the PC folks) fault.

Thus the expression, History Repeats.

So, I hope the NYT wears that badge of honor as they dig our graves.

How things have changed, though.

The administration might still list all who have been briefed, closer to Nov. I wouldn’t feel comfortable if I were one of the leakers. Those who asked the NYT to hold the story might come out and defend themselves, ahead of election day.

I’ll reiterate: Go after the leakers. But don’t be surprised when the case even against them–if there even is a case–goes nowhere.

Also agree with the poster above stating that a class action lawsuit should be brought against the Times. C’mon, there has to be some lawyers out there looking for a big case …

Back to the original point: prosecuting the Times and failing will only strengthen their position and embolden their willingness to undermine national security, if that’s even possible.

No way does this Supreme Court rule in favor of the government against the press…for anything. Not while Stevens and Ginsburg are on the court, and Kennedy has senile liberals to side with.

But freedom of the press does not mean the government cannot prosecute reporters and editors for treason — or for any other crime. The 1st Amendment does not mean Times editor Bill Keller could kidnap a child and issue his ransom demands from the New York Times editorial page. He could not order a contract killing on the op-ed page. Nor can he take out a contract killing on Americans with a Page 1 story on a secret government program being used to track terrorists who are trying to kill Americans.

Is knowingly publishing classified information against the Law???

Are Reporters above the Law?

Is this a Nation who believes in the rule of law?

Moral relatavism will be the death of this country. We are now AFRAID of enforcing our own laws… (immigration, NTY, Congressmen hitting people, confiscating guns during Katrina…) and once the rule of law breaks down we’ve got SERIOUS problems folks…

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But let’s say you get a Federal District Court to convict Heller, Treason and Lickballs — have fun in appellate court. Get past that due to an act of God, and you have the Supreme Court. Do you somehow have a clear image of Anthony Kennedy saying goodbye to NY and Washington cocktail parties for the rest of his life?

I don’t…

A suit by the American people against the Times for putting our lives at risk, maybe?

I was required to subscribe to the Slimes for a crappy poli sci class that I dropped after the first week due to discrimination by the prof against anyone he deemed conservative. Now they send me pleas to resubscribe often. I write “you suck” on the notice and send it back in their pre-paid envelope. A small, chest-beating gesture, I know, but it sure brings a sense of accomplishment to me!