Whats not mentioned in this article is that NYTs new editor Dean Baquet worked hand in hand with the NYTs Bill Keller to out the Bush administrations secret program for tracking terrorist monies after 9/11. It was a major setback as it alerted al-Qaeda and other groups which then switched to non-traceable methods making inhibiting their ability to foment terror much more difficult. They even crowed about it in a co-written piece published in both papers titled When Do We Publish a Secret? -- nytimes/2006/07/01/opinion/01keller.html Last week our newspapers disclosed a secret Bush administration program to monitor international banking transactions. We did so after appeals from senior administration officials to hold the story. Our reports — like earlier press disclosures of secret measures to combat terrorism — revived an emotional national debate, featuring angry calls of treason and proposals that journalists be jailed along with much genuine concern and confusion about the role of the press in times like these. ... Our job, especially in times like these, is to bring our readers information that will enable them to judge how well their elected leaders are fighting on their behalf, and at what price. ... Finally, we weigh the merits of publishing against the risks of publishing. There is no magic formula, no neat metric for either the publics interest or the dangers of publishing sensitive information. We make our best judgment. ... We understand that honorable people may disagree with any of these choices — to publish or not to publish. But making those decisions is the responsibility that falls to editors, a corollary to the great gift of our independence. It is not a responsibility we take lightly. And it is not one we can surrender to the government. Weakening our defenses... that what REAL Americans do... if they are editors of major, Liberal newspapers. Dean Baquet might be the first African-American editor of the NYT, but hes not the first one with the proclivity to release state secrets, if it will sell papers.
Posted on: Sat, 17 May 2014 03:35:00 +0000
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