Comments on: Handled Differently http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/04/08/handled-differently/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:39:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Zane http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/04/08/handled-differently/comment-page-1/#comment-355109 Zane Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:54:11 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=8847#comment-355109 Since you posted, Lex, it's been revealed that the arrests didn't follow the brief because the attack was imminent, but because the bumbling briefer was photographed holding SECRET documents that revealed many details of what the government knew. The blackout was not to protect the operation per se (Fleet Street has no morals, alas), but to quash publication of the leaked classified documents. The leak forced the government's hand and necessitated the arrests. HMG had no more confidence in the national loyalty of the press than we have in ours. Since you posted, Lex, it’s been revealed that the arrests didn’t follow the brief because the attack was imminent, but because the bumbling briefer was photographed holding SECRET documents that revealed many details of what the government knew. The blackout was not to protect the operation per se (Fleet Street has no morals, alas), but to quash publication of the leaked classified documents. The leak forced the government’s hand and necessitated the arrests. HMG had no more confidence in the national loyalty of the press than we have in ours.

]]> By: virgil xenophon http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/04/08/handled-differently/comment-page-1/#comment-353851 virgil xenophon Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:30:00 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=8847#comment-353851 QM/ The "mood of the country" was EXACTLY why Daniel Ellsberg (ex-Marine 1/lt, btw) wasn't formally charged and tried for leaking the Pentagon papers and why Nixon had to resort to having the "Plumbers" ransack his shrink's office in an attempt to get something with which to discredit him in the court of public opinion--as it was obvious "the public" (sad to say, as in the instance you cite) was not going to tolerate formal treason charges. (and in this reading of the public temperament Nixon revealed himself to be an astute political weatherman--and it looks like the wx-pattern hasn't changed all that much, either.) QM/

The “mood of the country” was EXACTLY why Daniel Ellsberg (ex-Marine 1/lt, btw) wasn’t formally charged and tried for leaking the Pentagon papers and why Nixon had to resort to having the “Plumbers” ransack his shrink’s office in an attempt to get something with which to discredit him in the court of public opinion–as it was obvious “the public” (sad to say, as in the instance you cite) was not going to tolerate formal treason charges. (and in this reading of the public temperament Nixon revealed himself to be an astute political weatherman–and it looks like the wx-pattern hasn’t changed all that much, either.)

]]> By: Quartermaster http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/04/08/handled-differently/comment-page-1/#comment-353849 Quartermaster Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:11:27 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=8847#comment-353849 The NYT has comitted treason several times. They did it during the Vietnam war, as did "Uncle" Walter Cronkite. Revealing things like Lex cites above, falls under the head of "aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States" and can be prosecuted under that head. The fact it won't be tells a story no one should want to hear, but speaks volumes to where the US stands as a country. The NYT has comitted treason several times. They did it during the Vietnam war, as did “Uncle” Walter Cronkite. Revealing things like Lex cites above, falls under the head of “aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States” and can be prosecuted under that head. The fact it won’t be tells a story no one should want to hear, but speaks volumes to where the US stands as a country.

]]> By: XBradTC http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/04/08/handled-differently/comment-page-1/#comment-353637 XBradTC Thu, 09 Apr 2009 01:47:40 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=8847#comment-353637 O/T, but Lex might just like this photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vector1771/3354792647/sizes/l/ O/T, but Lex might just like this photo:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vector1771/3354792647/sizes/l/

]]> By: ras http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/04/08/handled-differently/comment-page-1/#comment-353570 ras Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:56:15 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=8847#comment-353570 Dangerous when they lay our country's secrets on the table? - absolutely. But that's kind of like being shot at in combat – you come to expect/accept it. What is far more dangerous is the insidious kind of "journalism." Like a slow cockpit depressurization or O2 failure, our MSM has become the slow killer of our country's greatness… Dangerous when they lay our country’s secrets on the table? – absolutely. But that’s kind of like being shot at in combat – you come to expect/accept it. What is far more dangerous is the insidious kind of “journalism.” Like a slow cockpit depressurization or O2 failure, our MSM has become the slow killer of our country’s greatness…

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