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another treasonous leak by the new york slimes
Published Nov 10, 2008Views: 323
One More Time... NY Times Leaks Information on Secret Strikes Against Al-Qaeda
The New York Times' gives the Bush Administration the finger one last time...
The NY Times published another report on secret military operations today.
Of course, this information was fed to the paper by anonymous sources like all of the other secret operations they reported these last 8 years.
FOX News reported:
The U.S. military has conducted nearly a dozen secret operations against Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups in Syria, Pakistan and other countries since 2004, The New York Times reported Sunday night.
Citing anonymous U.S. officials, the Times story said the operations were authorized by a broad classified order that then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld signed and President George W. Bush approved in spring 2004. The order gave the military authority to attack Al Qaeda anywhere in the world and to conduct operations in countries that were not at war with the U.S.
One such operation was an Oct. 26 raid inside Syria, the Times reported. Washington has not formally acknowledged the raid, but U.S. officials have said the target was a top Al Qaeda in Iraq figure. Syria has asked for proof and said eight civilians were killed in the attack.
In another mission, in 2006, Navy SEALs raided a suspected terrorist compound in Pakistan's tribal areas.
The raids have typically been conducted by U.S. Special Forces, often in conjunction with the Central Intelligence Agency, the newspaper said. Even though the process has been streamlined, specific missions have to be approved by the defense secretary or, in the cases of Syria and Pakistan, by the president.
It will be interesting to see if these leaks continue during the Obama administration. They certainly damaged Bush.
Previously:
Slimy NY Times Leaks Name of Chief CIA Interrogator
Democrats Leak 6 Month Old Documents To Damage America!
Bank Data Is Sifted by U.S. in Secret to Block Terror
Mushpile on the Old Gray Lady
The Leaking Times Are at It Again
House Intel Chief Fires Democratic Staffer Over Intel Leaks!
NYC Tunnel Plot Investigation Leaked to Reporters
NYT Leaks Info on Troop Levels
from Gateway Pundit
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GOLO member since August 22, 2007
November 10, 2008 10:44 a.m.
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Leak enquiries are for conducting and compiling mountains of non-evidence to kill adverse press stories, not actually naming a culprit...i.e. "we've had a full enquiry and nothing untoward was found".
If you're serious about prosecuting a leak, you call in the Special Branch.
But no government will actually do this because it's too dangerous for them to do so because invariably the ship of state is unique in that it tends to leak from the top. And once you name one politician as the source of the leak, you run the risk of them naming all of the others.
That being said, has it truly been so long that our government officials don't understand the concept of "LOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS"?!?
Any policy other than NO COMMENT on military or intel operations is just asking to get good men and women killed in very nasty ways and make it much harder to develop reliable intel in the future because they can't trust us!
November 10, 2008 11:07 a.m.
GOLO member since February 20, 2008
November 10, 2008 11:14 a.m.
Turn these Special Ops guys loose on it on a covert mission. The culprits will show up at the bottom of a dumpster.
GOLO member since February 28, 2008
November 10, 2008 11:36 a.m.
And while we're at it, we need to repeal that silly first amendment. After all, if we can't trust our government, who can we trust?
GOLO member since January 25, 2008
November 10, 2008 11:59 a.m.
GOLO member since March 25, 2008
November 10, 2008 12:03 p.m.
GOLO member since August 22, 2007
November 10, 2008 12:14 p.m.
GOLO member since February 20, 2008
November 10, 2008 12:18 p.m.
I challenge even you, Tmedlin, to try to keep a military strike, with all the accompanying noise and bluster, a secret. Go ahead. Try it.
Egads....
GOLO member since July 29, 2007
November 10, 2008 12:54 p.m.
GOLO member since August 22, 2007
November 10, 2008 1:01 p.m.
Could it be our way of letting the rest of the bad guys know that no matter where they hide, we can find them and off them? It could also be a little bit of baiting, and see what moves where there should be nothing moving.
Of course, we can all just say it as a chorus..."It's Bush's Fault".
GOLO member since April 23, 2008
November 10, 2008 7:25 p.m.
GOLO member since October 8, 2007
November 11, 2008 8:05 a.m.
GOLO member since October 8, 2007
November 11, 2008 8:11 a.m.
So which person at Fox News do you think should be executed for reporting this? And since tmedlin also put this in print in a public forum, should she get the death penalty as well?
GOLO member since January 25, 2008
November 11, 2008 11:30 a.m.
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