Baltimore Reporter: Send this reporter to jail: An update

Send this reporter to jail: An update http://www.baltimorereporter.com/?p=7935

Below we note that when the New York Times published its December 2005 exposé of the secret National Security Agency electronic surveillance of al Qaeda-related communications, Times reporters James Risen and Eric Lichtblau granted anonymity to the “nearly a dozen current and former officials” who were the sources for the story.

Risen and Lichtblau stated that they had granted these sources anonymity “because of the classified nature of the program.” Implicit in the Times’s rationale was the recognition that leaks of such classified information are illegal, as indeed they are. They violate the espionage laws of the United States.

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Read my Tentacle columns on Operation SHAFT from June 28, 2006 - Kevin E. Dayhoff: Once again, The New York Times has exposed another top secret anti-terrorism plan put in place to protect Americans. http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=1659

The Times, the favorite daily newspaper of al Qaeda, and quite possibly a satellite property 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 attack on the war in Iraq.

In an article published last Friday, entitled, “Bank Data Sifted in Secret by U.S. to Block Terror,” written by Eric Lichtblau and James Risen, the Old Grey Lady displays 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. Read the entire column here: http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=1659

And this Tentacle column: Operation Mata Hari December 28, 2005 -Kevin E. Dayhoff: In the war against terrorism, folks, whose only goal is to promote themselves in total disregard for our safety, recently launched “Operation Mata Hari.” http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=1406

It began with shock and awe as insidious as an improvised explosive devise. The New York Times titled its December 16 Christmas gift to our nation, “Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts.”

If you are just waking up from too much eggnog, the not-so-exotic New York Times article reveals – in the midst of a war – our commander-in-chief secretly authorized the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on U.S. citizens and others in the United States who were communicating with potential enemies overseas. Read the entire column here:http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=1406

And this Tentacle column: London's calling August 16, 2006 Kevin E. Dayhoff: On Tuesday, August 8, Connecticut voters got confused on their dates and thought that it was really September 10, 2001. http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=1715

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