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Originally Posted by shek
1. Glad to see the NYT wait until day after successful Iraqi elections to publish this article. I would love to see the transcripts over the decision on when to publish . . .
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Your implication that the New York Times is scheming against the President doesn't really hold up. The New York Times has done three days of extensive Iraqi election coverage, it lead their headlines for all of those days. The NYT has shown Bush his fair allotment of victory news from Iraq.
The articles also stated that this wire-tapping information was leaked. The NYT did not have strict control over that person's decision. It is too easy to write off this story, the veracity of which the President has confirmed, as just a journalistic poltical move.
Would you rather the NYT times wait for the midterm elections? Really, what time do you think is best for a news release like this?
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Originally Posted by shek
2. As far as the Congressional response, I can't wait to see the list of Congressmen that were briefed and see what shameless comments they've made in the interim. There's going to be some back-pedaling Republicans and Democrats  |
I guess we'll just have to see. But until then, this claim does not have any evidence.
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Originally Posted by shek
3. I'm not seeing the big deal here. A bunch of Chicken Little reactions IMO.
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It is very likely that some constitutional lines are being breached here (i.e. illegal search). The NSA is also being misused, paying more attention to domestic intelligence than it should. Its not Chicken Little if the target of the article, the Bush Administration, confirms that it is happening. This is actually going on.