The New York Times has committed felonies...

When will someone in Washington stand up to this rogue, treasonous, paper and prosecute them?

U.S. Code : Title 18 : Section 798

(a) Whoever knowingly and willfully communicates, furnishes,
transmits, or otherwise makes available to an unauthorized person, or publishes, or uses in any manner prejudicial to the safety or interest of the United States or for the benefit of any foreign government to the detriment of the United States any classified information -

(1) concerning the nature, preparation, or use of any code, cipher, or cryptographic system of the United States or any foreign government; or

(2) concerning the design, construction, use, maintenance, or repair of any device, apparatus, or appliance used or prepared or planned for use by the United States or any foreign government for cryptographic or communication intelligence purposes; or

(3) concerning the communication intelligence activities of the United States or any foreign government; or

(4) obtained by the processes of communication intelligence from the communications of any foreign government, knowing the same to have been obtained by such processes - Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.

(b) As used in subsection (a) of this section - The term ''classified information'' means information which, at the time of a violation of this section, is, for reasons of national security, specifically designated by a United States Government Agency for limited or restricted dissemination or distribution; .....

There's more, of course. Check it out if you'd like, but I've posted the relevent part here.

The New York Times has become... bloated... with self-importance and self-righteousness. They feel they can print whatever they choose without consequence. Earlier this month they printed a story detailing the CIA's use of secret prisons in European countries. This was a state secret, leaked to the Times, and printed by the Times. I ranted about this story in an earlier post, The Real Insurgency.

Now, just last week the New York Times discloses a secret program to eavesdrop on calls to foreign countries, specifically with links to al Qaeda. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez has called this a classified program...

"The President confirmed the existence of a highly classified program on Saturday. The program remains highly classified; there are many operational aspects of the program that have still not been disclosed and we want to protect that because those aspects of the program are very, very important to protect the national security of this country."

Thanks to the Times, a vital tool in tracking down the terrorists is compromised. Just whose side is the New York Times on? It's a safe bet they're not on America's side.

Like Democrats, The Times is only concerned with damaging the President, to pull down a sitting president in a time of war. That called a "coup". Insurrection. Treason. And for what? Power. Democratic power. They have twice now deliberately released classified information to the detriment of this nations ability to conduct the War on Terrorism and defend our Homeland.

Congress needs to investigate, and prosecute the New York Times for devulging state secrets... for treason. Someone needs to hang for this.