> How loudly would you be yelling if the republicans were calling for an > investigation of a CNN analyst for disclosing private briefings they > received at the Pentagon? This isn't about free speech. It's > another attempt by the right to cover their sins by painting the > Democrats as the bad guys.
Haven't had a chance to see this thread until now - been learning what it means to be an auto mechanic (but that's another story). Here's my take on this issue - we have "military analysts" on both sides of the aisle. They get paid to talk about what they see and how they expect things to go. The charges that are being leveled by the Democrats in this case are extremely severe. This is where things get *extremely* interesting, because if I remember my communications law (it's been a long time), if the charges go through the FCC, then everyone that knew about the broadcasts from station owners down might be somewhat culpable. It also means that the station is the first line that should have been contacted, not the "analysts". However, if the charges are as severe as they sound, revealing classified military intelligence without prior authorization, the correct Department to begin proceedings would either be Defense or Justice, not the FCC. Since they are going through the FCC, something tells me that they are hollow accusations that are going to do nothing more than raise a stink. It *is* interesting to note that even the article states that "some of the nation's most prominent military analysts -- some of them pro-President Bush and pro-war..." have been contacted. That means by inference that anti-Bush and anti-war analysts have been contacted as well. The true measure of this investigation will be based on how equally all of the people involved are treated. Hatton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:277586 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
