Not on our side.
This entry was posted on 10/23/2006 4:44 PM and is filed under Media Bias,Madness.
In case you missed it, CNN has recently aired video and sound from the killing of an American soldier in Iraq. Also, the New York times public editor, Byron Calame has recently hidden an admission of bad judgement in the Times regarding the not-secret Secret Program to track terrorist money. Seems the US wasn't breaking any laws either. Is it really necessary to assist our avowed enemies in order to preserve a free press?
Thanks to
Michelle Malkin at
Hot Air for
this on CNN's disgusting report of the sniping of an American soldier in Iraq. Malkin again
here, and
here, regarding Byron Calame and Jason Blair's New York Times treatment of the secret, not secret SWIFT program. Bush said...
"What we did was fully authorized under the law," Bush said in an angry tone as he leaned forward in his chair and wagged his finger. "And the disclosure of this program is disgraceful. We're at war with a bunch of people who want to hurt the United States of America, and for people to leak that program, and for a newspaper to publish it, does great harm to the United States of America."
Cheney said...
"What I find most disturbing about these stories is the fact that some of the news media take it upon themselves to disclose vital national security programs, thereby making it more difficult for us to prevent future attacks against the American people," Mr. Cheney said, in impromptu remarks at a fund-raising luncheon for a Republican Congressional candidate in Chicago. "That offends me."
That seems to make sense, but the patriots at CNN and the New York Times have done everything within their substantial power to attack the character, motives, intelligence and judgment of these men while, in the name of a free press, supporting those who would destroy us.
The ACLU, another agendaless champion of personal freedom, had this to say when the (now admittedly inappropriate and ill-advised attack on the SWIFT program appeared...
"The revelation of the CIA's financial spying program is another example of the Bush administration's abuse of power. The invasion of our personal financial information, without notification or judicial review, is contrary to the fundamental American value of privacy and must be stopped now. It seems the administration feels entitled to flip through all of our checkbooks. How many other secret spying programs has the Bush administration enacted without Congress, the courts or the public knowing? We need a full accounting of what information has been demanded by the U.S. government, how they have used it, with whom it was shared, and how they intend to repair this grave breach of trust. This program is a glaring example of how this government thinks nothing of widespread abuse of power."
After the admission in the NYT that the program was legal, the ACLU has not yet issued a retraction.
