Thursday, December 22, 2005
And Their Integrity Is MIA And Presumed Dead
In his article 'Plame Platoon' is AWOL On New Leaks, LAT's Max Boot sews up one of the nuggets of the whole NSA non- story:
"...the rule of thumb seems to be that although it's treasonous for pro-Bush partisans to spill secrets that might embarrass an administration critic, it's a public service for anti-Bush partisans to spill secrets that might embarrass the administration. The determination of which secrets are OK to reveal is, of course, to be made not by officials charged with protecting our nation but by journalists charged with selling newspapers."
Except that the secrets the Bush-haters spill will not put people in Vanity Fair with their lying blowhard spouses; the secrets the Bush-haters spill will wind up killing people.
"...the rule of thumb seems to be that although it's treasonous for pro-Bush partisans to spill secrets that might embarrass an administration critic, it's a public service for anti-Bush partisans to spill secrets that might embarrass the administration. The determination of which secrets are OK to reveal is, of course, to be made not by officials charged with protecting our nation but by journalists charged with selling newspapers."
Except that the secrets the Bush-haters spill will not put people in Vanity Fair with their lying blowhard spouses; the secrets the Bush-haters spill will wind up killing people.
