It is true that there has been in the past a nexus between the CIA and large American media outlets. But it is also true that most publications would likely to what the WSJ did (share PC contents with the Feds) if the situtation were the same.
In other words, the WSJ did what everyone else would do. Doesn't seem like a big deal to me. -Declan On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 06:58:05PM -0800, John Young wrote: > On January 21, 2002, the New York Times published > "Why Reporters' Discovery Was Shared With Officials," > which examined possible consequences of journalists > sharing information with officials, one of which was the > prospect of endangering reporters suspected of being > government agents. > > http://cryptome.org/nyt-wsj-dod.htm > > When the CIA is asked the about use of journalists as > agents, the agency answers that it continues a policy > which reserves that right.
