Monday, May 15, 2006

Covering Up Ineptitude



The White House is having shit-fits over the press for exposing the stories of wiretapping and the collection of domestic phone calls by the NSA. As a matter of fact, they have initiated investigations into the reports as potential criminal activity. Following are a few comments...

From Bush Out (by Gandhi) - reporting on a Raw Story article - click here to read more...

Defending journalists who have been castigated as traitors for exposing government blunders, New York Times columnist Frank Rich writes that any "witch hunt" for traitors should begin in the White House, RAW STORY has found.

"What really angers the White House and its defenders about both the Post and Times scoops are not the legal questions the stories raise about unregulated gulags and unconstitutional domestic snooping, but the unmasking of yet more administration failures in a war effort riddled with ineptitude," Rich writes.

"It's the recklessness at the top of our government, not the press' exposure of it, that has truly aided the enemy, put American lives at risk and potentially sabotaged national security," Rich continues. "That's where the buck stops, and if there's to be a witch hunt for traitors, that's where it should begin."

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