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Originally posted by dd74
The NYT's responsibility is to the public and its subscribers, not the Federal government, the administration or the fact that we are at war.
False representation/poor reporting, or whatever, will be up to the editorial staff of the NYT to deal with, not the govt.
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I would say you are very wrong on those points. The people who work at the NYT have a responsibility as citizens of the United Staes, the same as the rest of us do. That responsibility is that we will not undermine our country and put our own people in harm's way. The NYT has done exactly that in disclosing the specifics of this program.
Also, the staff of the NYT are not above the law. If a federal prosecutor decides that the NYT has violated the law of this land they can and should be prosecuted for it, the same as anyone else would be prosecuted.