the White House for the terror alert. WH told them
it's more recent then they think and here's who it is
but keep it a secret. WH said it was givin to the
Times as deep deep background for the story. Seems
this is done a lot. NY Times should turn around and
say we can't reveal who it is but we now know it's
legit. Instead they took the low road.
-sm
--- William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Question, why would the Bush administration give
> intelligence information to a media outlet if they
> did not want it published?
>
> Intelligence is not handed out as "deep background"
> for "validity."
>
> Did the New York Times not honor the pinky swear
> clause?
>
> I'm glad that you have said that the Bush
> administration screwed up. They most certainly did.
> Pakistani intelligence released by the White House
> falls squarely in the category of news, especially
> when it comes from the White House. You can't blame
> the New York Times for reporting it. "...They
> shouldn't have..." applies to the Bush admin here.
> "...They shouldn't have..." leaked it!
>
> and FWIW, saying,'this is off the record' doesn't
> count.
>
> >That�s right, I think Bush screwed up big time!
>
> will
>
>
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