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I guess I missed a doozy of a “roundtable” this morning on NBC. According to Jonah Goldberg, it was a breathtaking display of arrogance: Today’s “Meet the Press” roundtable, still going, is a scandal of media egocentrism. With the exception……

Is there a law that delineates the distinction Dana Priest claims?–that some classified information is illegal to publish–codes, covert operatives, nuclear secrets, etc–but anything else is protected by the First Amendment, even if classified?

Ans: Yes. She was referring to 18 USC 798 which prohibits publishing certain classified information, and a section of the old Atomic Energy Act. BTW, the December NY Times article clearly violated Section (a)(3) of section 798.

However, she begged the question. Section 793 prohibits unauthorized persons from RECEIVING any classified information or POSSESSING it. Her own Pulitzer-winning article clearly violated this provision as did the NY Times article on SWIFT operation.

After the “leakers” turned over the classified information to them, they became violators of Section 793 when they did failed to immediately inform the FBI. The punishment is 10 years for each violation plus asset forfeiture of any proceeds (in this case, that’d include the Pulitzer Prize itself).

However, as I have noted in the other threads, there is another section of the US Code that I firmly believe was violated: 18 USC 2381.

Sec. 2381. Treason

-STATUTE-

Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or 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;…

Video: Keller’s Independence Day message to America      Understandably, with all of the anger over the leaks, and the editors of papers publishing that classified information, the editors in question are backtracking, and tr…

Keller suggests that Bush is pandering to his base in an election year by “beating up on the NY Times.” But Keller obviously had his paper’s “base” in mind when he used that awkward phrasing. How would it look to liberals, including Democrats in Congress who rely on the Times for talking points, if its editor were to say “we support the war on terror”? Another thing the media isn’t neutral on is the war on Bush. Stating outright support for one war would make them look weak on the other.

Hmmm…. just thought of another attack vector…

Don’t go after the advertisors… don’t go after the NYT itself, go after the distributors…

If the NYT (New York Traitor) is carried by the newstand or bookstore DON”T buy there…. could also target the news paper machines… pay for one, take em all, and dump em… kind of a mass Boston Tea Party…

Romeo13 on July 2, 2006 at 5:21 PM

Romeo, the idea is appealing, but we are dutily bound to respect the law, in order to demonstrate our respect to the principles of civil order. Pressuring the distributors is a good idea. Stealing the papers will only escalate the Moonbats, and they have NO respect for the law.

Don’t go after the advertisors… don’t go after the NYT itself, go after the distributors…

If the NYT (New York Traitor) is carried by the newstand or bookstore DON”T buy there…. could also target the news paper machines… pay for one, take em all, and dump em… kind of a mass Boston Tea Party…

I am really having trouble understanding the lack of reaction to this act of treason. The NYT were asked, told, by the Commander-in-Chief of this country and others, not to publish the detailed secrets. They published information that helped our enemies.

They should be taken down. NOW. Sort out the legalities later. They are jeopardizing troops, our country, and our lives. In this war, media is just as powerful as bullets and bombs.

Our Nation (We the People) and Congress declared war on Terrorism, with the information we had, and not just GWB. The enemy is not only the terrorism of radical Islam, but also anyone who, for whatever reason, does not want us to win this war. As GWB said to the world in preparing for the War, “you are either for us or against us”.

The NYT and most other mainstream outlets are clearly against this country. They are trying to hide, however, like other spies/traitors: They are but wolves trying to disguise themselves as constitutional-rights-conscious sheep. If we fail to defend this nation against the onslaughts from Islam, we won’t have a constitution to define the rights, nor the country to defend them. There are several home-grown terrorist cells in this country as we are discovering, and one of them is in the building of the old Grey Lady of the NYT.

I think it would be perfectly appropriate for a special-ops seizure of the building, and its nationwide organization.

The Democrats are holding the winning of the political war above the good of the country, and now the Republicans and all elected officials who don’t prosecute these people are doing the same by letting these traitors get away with it.

What about a 10,000 strong force of patriot citizens making a citizens arrest of Pinch and his Ilk? Should citizens start confiscating newspapers on the street, confronting ANY employee of treasonous media. The same New York people who were attacked are allowing this news organization/Terrorist Cell to operate unhindered in their very city! I just don’t understand. If I were paperboy, printer, proofreader, or marketing advertiser there I would have to quit, and make some big waves doing it.

We must act now, people!! Shut the damage off at its source, then ask questions later. The presses should be stopped, the “sources” tracked and confined, the editors, lawyers, journalists, and anyone else choosing to continue with this enemy organization held accountable.

There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, but someone has to have the guts to do what is right.

We’re not neutral in the war on terror…

Of course not – you’re on the side of the terrorists!

Keller on Face the NationPatterico Bill Keller was on Face the Nation this morning. Expose the Left has the video, and you have to see it to believe it. You know the utter arrogance you have seen in this man’s…

They KNOW that politicians won’t prosecute because of the Co-dependent relationship the press and the Politicians have. You notice how the MSM is circling the wagons, defending what the NYT did… and Politicians know that if they prosecute this eventualy the Press will either tear them apart like a pack of dogs, or, even worse, stop giving them press coverage.

Notice the healines in the MSM, this is called the Bank Story… NOT the Publishing a Secret story…

WE THE PEOPLE need to take our country back from slime like this.

It boils down to the media’s belief that America, to borrow a phrase from our friend Andrew, is a “rogue nation” under Bush and therefore public oversight of his every move is necessary.

Kinda sums it up right there, doesn’t it? If this is your starting point, then every effort to undermine the WOT is noble. The diligent search for the new My Lai, the disproportionate coverage of the Cindy Sheehans and this current episode bear that out.

They had only one aim and he said so, to embarrass the President. Nobel aim – he wares it with pride and defiance.

Patterico said:

Keller, you’re a smart guy

From what he wrote and said so far, on this topic, he doesn’t come across very smart – just illogical, or from his perspective well-intentioned. To embarrass Mr. Bush.

He looks really, really dumb in the pictue, above, as if he is a spoiled child, caught with his pants down, and still doesn’t care…

Yesterday, the House of Representatives condemned the NY Times and other news sources for leaking classified information about the government tracking international bank transactions in efforts of tracing terror funds.
Lawmakers expressed their sent…