20060624 KDDC The NYTimes exposes a top secret antiterrorism program

Once again, the New York Times exposes another top secret anti-terrorism plan put in place to protect Americans.

June 24^th, 2006

By Kevin Dayhoff

The New York Times, the favorite daily newspaper of al Qaeda, and quite possibly a satellite version of Aljazeera, has once again chosen to sell out our country’s national security interests in the furtherance of selling newspapers and supporting the media war on the war in Iraq.

In an article published last Friday, titled, “Bank Data Sifted in Secret by U.S. to Block Terror,” written by Eric Lichtblau and James Risen, the Old Grey Lady acts out on senile dementia and details a top secret classified program in which bank transactions which may involve the transfer of funds for the purpose of promoting or supporting terrorist acts, are tracked and investigated.

The operative word here is that the article “details” the top secret program, not merely reveals that it exists.

Bear in mind, this is our government investigating the money trail of funds that are suspected of being destined to be possibly used to conduct terrorist acts against Americans.

The Los Angeles Times ran a concurrent story the same day: “Secret U.S. Program Tracks Global Bank Transfers,” “The Treasury Dept. program, begun after the Sept. 11 attacks, attempts to monitor terrorist financing but raises privacy concerns,” by Josh Meyer and Greg Miller, Times Staff Writers, 12:06 PM PDT, June 23, 2006

Once again, many law-abiding Americans want to know “where’s the beef.”

Just as with the program which monitors overseas phone calls to phone numbers suspected of belonging to terrorists, many Americans, according to several polls, simply do not have a problem with this.

What Americans do have a problem with is being subjected to acts of terrorism in which innocent Americans die. Or, to be more specific, Americans have a problem with our country not doing everything possible to avoid another national tragedy like 9/11.

To suggest that my rights are being violated is simply ludicrous. If some “Jack Bauer” type (of the hit TV show, “24”) wants to listen to my phone calls with my wife coordinating dinner, they are welcome to do it as long as the agent doing the monitoring takes their turn bringing home a pizza from Classico Pizza and they get the soft squeezable toilet paper.

As one can imagine, Michelle Malkin is annoyed; q.v.: Messages for the blabbermouths; Backlash against the blabbermouths; NYTimes blabbermouths strike again; How about a nice big glass of...; et al.

Ms. Malkin called for Photoshoppers to submit photo-art visualizing disgust over the Times, once again, detailing a government national security secret for all the world, especially the very folks who wish to do us harm, to see.

I’ve pasted a few of my favorites above. Great talent.

For White House spokesperson, Tony Snow’s reaction, click on this: Tony Snow video.

The New York Times has also put a video on their web site in which reporter, Eric Lichtblau, talks about the story. The NYTimes introduces the video: “Eric Lichtblau reveals a secret Bush administration program to access to financial records. (Producer: Adam B. Ellick).” See the video by clicking here.

For Andrew C. McCarthy’s reaction, writing for the National Review, click here for his column, “The Media’s War Against the War Continues.”

The New York Times behavior is incomprehensible and reprehensible.

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.

E-mail him at: kdayhoff@carr.org

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