[antimedia] antimedia: Gee, what a shock....

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When you're dealing with scoundrels at best--and traitors at worst--any
attempt at civility is taken as weakness--personal and in your thesis. It's
past the time that the Bush administration understands that. 

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Posted by antimedia:
Gee, what a shock....
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1151378348.shtml


   ....[1]Bill Keller and the NY Times lied.

     Your charge that our efforts to convince The New York Times not to
     publish were "half-hearted" is incorrect and offensive. Nothing
     could be further from the truth.
     Over the past two months, Treasury has engaged in a vigorous
     dialogue with the Times - from the reporters writing the story to
     the D.C. Bureau Chief and all the way up to you. It should also be
     noted that the co-chairmen of the bipartisan 9-11 Commission,
     Governor Tom Kean and Congressman Lee Hamilton, met in person or
     placed calls to the very highest levels of the Times urging the
     paper not to publish the story. Members of Congress, senior U.S.
     Government officials and well-respected legal authorities from both
     sides of the aisle also asked the paper not to publish or supported
     the legality and validity of the program.
     Indeed, I invited you to my office for the explicit purpose of
     talking you out of publishing this story. And there was nothing
     "half-hearted" about that effort. I told you about the true value
     of the program in defeating terrorism and sought to impress upon
     you the harm that would occur from its disclosure. I stressed that
     the program is grounded on solid legal footing, had many built-in
     safeguards, and has been extremely valuable in the war against
     terror.
     Additionally, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey met with the
     reporters and your senior editors to answer countless questions,
     laying out the legal framework and diligently outlining the
     multiple safeguards and protections that are in place.

   <sarcasm>I'm stunned, I tell you, stunned. I had no idea the Times
   would lie like this.</sarcasm>

References

   1. http://www.mudvillegazette.com/milblogs/2006/06/26/#005837

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