I didn't vote for Newspaper Editors did you? I didn't have a choice as to which of them would be making decisions about what information ought to be "classified" did you?
Nevertheless, at least one of them thinks he and his kind are the right folks to be making such decisions, in his words, "not the government."
[Culled from the findings of the guardian of our freedoms himself, Emperor Misha]
"We do not want to inadvertently threaten human life or legitimately harm national security in our reporting," [Leonard Downie Jr., executive editor of The Washington Compost] said....and here it comes, the three-letter word that automatically renders the preceding sentence meaningless:
"But it's important...in our constitutional system that these final decisions be made by newspaper editors and not the government."Read that again. No, really, read it again.
It’s important in our constitutional system that the final decision as to whether something should be classified is made by newspaper editors rather than elected representatives of the people.
Yes, he really is saying that.
Scary, truly scary. If you're not as terrified as I am, read the rest of Misha's post and then consider the problem again.
While you're at it, ask yourself if we would have, if we COULD have won WWII if we had to fight it today, with the level of so-called "transparency" so-called "journalists" are demanding?
I'm gonna go with NEIN, NIEMALS (for those of you who don't speak German, take a moment to reflect on the countless "secrets" than ensured it would not end up being your native tongue).
Posted by insomnomaniac at March 6, 2006 4:17 PM | TrackBack