Yes, in the same way that they were able do deflect the election debate from the Iraq war to Kerry's record in Vietnam.
However, I do think that the First Amendment issue is quite important. Yesterday's Albuquerque Journal had a story about a pending civil case with similar issues. Wen Ho Lee is suing over leaks to media that, he says, invaded his privacy. Bill Richardson, current governor of NM, was then Sec. of Energy in the Clinton administration and has denied under oath beling the source of those leaks. Watch that space, it's going the same way and now there is a precedent. Dana On 7/11/05, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All of this just leads me to realise how absolutely brilliant the Bush > Administration is at manipulating the public's psyche. > > They're absolutely brilliant. They have fully embraced the fact that > the majority of people are stupid and can be herded and lead with pack > mentality. > > They've managed to almost totally deflect attention from the facts of > what was released, onto a debate about jounralistic rights, sending a > woman to jail for protecting her sources etc. > > You have to wonder whether the democrats are really utterly void and > incompetent, or whether it is all part of a concerted effort to move > America down a certain path by certain individuals who just happen to > be Republicans, or Democrats. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:164221 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
