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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/01/o...&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print
I loved it when appearing to condemn the publishers at the NYT, the author writes "At the outset, it's essential to acknowledge the far-reaching importance of the eavesdropping article's content to Times readers and to the rest of the nation. Whatever its path to publication, Mr. Sulzberger and Mr. Keller deserve credit for its eventual appearance in the face of strong White House pressure to kill it. And the basic accuracy of the account of the eavesdropping stands unchallenged - a testament to the talent in the trenches."
Does this a-hole get it? What would have happened if the NYT had published the fact that the US Government had broken the Japanese Purple code and were listening in on conversations between Japanese commands, spies, and their government during WWII? Or if they had reported that we had broken the German's Enigma code? The fact that we could read the mail of our enemies and take proactive action were key factors in our victory. All this doof can see is that the White House was thwarted.
And what's with the kudos for the "talent in the trenches?" What investigating did they do? The project was covert. They had a traitor in the NSA or CIA or Congress come up and spoon feed them all their information. Yeah... that takes a lot of effort.
I loved it when appearing to condemn the publishers at the NYT, the author writes "At the outset, it's essential to acknowledge the far-reaching importance of the eavesdropping article's content to Times readers and to the rest of the nation. Whatever its path to publication, Mr. Sulzberger and Mr. Keller deserve credit for its eventual appearance in the face of strong White House pressure to kill it. And the basic accuracy of the account of the eavesdropping stands unchallenged - a testament to the talent in the trenches."
Does this a-hole get it? What would have happened if the NYT had published the fact that the US Government had broken the Japanese Purple code and were listening in on conversations between Japanese commands, spies, and their government during WWII? Or if they had reported that we had broken the German's Enigma code? The fact that we could read the mail of our enemies and take proactive action were key factors in our victory. All this doof can see is that the White House was thwarted.
And what's with the kudos for the "talent in the trenches?" What investigating did they do? The project was covert. They had a traitor in the NSA or CIA or Congress come up and spoon feed them all their information. Yeah... that takes a lot of effort.