New York Times Terror Leak

[Gamefreak]

I never said I distrusted them because they were a different party.

[MasterKeyX]

i did, he was aiming his remark towards me.

[Jack]

You clearly forget that it was George W. Bush who announced this program, SWIFT, to track terrorists spending in 2001:

Your argument is a Strawman based on two facts: (1) yes, terrorists knew we were tracking their money, and (2) SWIFT does openly exist, because it is a legitimate intergovernmental organization.

Where the rubber means the road and your strawman falls down is that (1) terrorists didn't know HOW we were tracking the money, what channels we were using, and therefore what banks/financial systems/etc. to avoid (whereas now they do), and (2) just because SWIFT exists openly doesn't mean the terrorists knew that we were using SWIFT to track money.

The problem here is that the NY Times revealed exactly what methods we were using to track terror funds, where the money was being watched from, and gave fair warning to terrorists of what channels to avoid when moving money in the future.

There was no public interest in this revelation, and it was done purely as a finger in the eye of the Bush administration.

[Hi no Seijin]

I really should get more into current affairs. 8)

So, we're back to calling the New York Times idiots now, I presume?

[Gamefreak]

Jack never said anything about them being idiots.

[Hi no Seijin]

I know, but I'm just asking if other people will go back to the conclusion that the NYT is full of idiots.  Because I certainly think so.

[Gamefreak]

I never said that they were idiots.  I think that they crossed a line when it came to rational thinking.

[Hi no Seijin]

Fair point.  And maybe I'm being a tad bit harsh, and irrational myself.

[MagmarFire]

Well, sometimes you have to be that way to emphasize your opinion.

In this case, I'd say the press could be America's worst enemy. Journalism can be so IRRITATING sometimes!

[Hi no Seijin]

Especially when it comes to all of those tabloid magazines who follow every aspect of a celebrity's life.  I hate the paparazzi.

[MasterKeyX]

the press i liberally biased,k so anything they do will be to hurt bush or [eople trust in him. This makes them veery agrivating.

[Darth Wyndisis]

I wish they would back the hell off and report the damn news as it is.

[Mysterious F.]

The news is the only reason we lost Vietnam.