The idea of the government prosecuting the press for reporting on the government's misdeeds seems a bit un-American, if not flat-out unconstitutional. It's a greasy slope, that much is certain... I seriously doubt anything in the NYT would be very useful to al-Quaeda , but at least it's sometimes useful to Americans.
BushCo has been rifling through our personal data ? Man, that's old news. The NYT ain't tellin' Osama bin Forgottin nothin' he didn't already know. Geez, Osama's a multi- millionaire with CIA training- he knows how money moves.
I wonder if terrorists can understand Fox White House Newspeak?
Look what happens when the NYT gets filtered through FOX News and re-spun by the White House-
this is a verbatim paste (with comments added) from Fox- it contains absolutely no useful information to anyone. I think it's just a series of vaguely connected words, phrases and numbers pulled from a hat.
Fox:
Speculation is rampant following Casey's visit that he will call for a reduction of two combat brigades, about 7,000 troops, to be removed from Iraq in September. The New York Times also reported that Casey has drafted a plan that projects five or six combat brigades will remain in Iraq from the current level of 14 by the end of 2007. That's a reduction of about 28,000 troops. Currently, 127,000 U.S. troops are deployed in
Iraq.
Great. Speculation. Let's report on rampant speculation- that's Journalism 101.The only fact I can glean from the rampant speculation above is that an Army combat brigade is roughly 3,500 soldiers- a fact that the Army helpfully confirms. I'm skeptical of the 127,000 number.
Without offering any wholesale numbers, White House spokesman Tony Snow said that a reduction of two combat brigades was among the options being considered, but no recommendations have been made yet.
He might as well have said that mustard is being considered for use as a condiment but lunch has yet to be prepared."General Casey proposes lots of things and actually laid out more than one option. And everybody's fastening on one," Snow said. "... Certainly that's under consideration, but I would warn against saying this is what he's saying, this is what he wants."
I have no idea what this means. It sounds like something Donald Rumsfeld would say.
He added that any plans are usually the first casualty of contact with the enemy.
Well, that's a fucking brilliant observation to make three-and-a-half years after first contact with the enemy - in a war that had no 'plan' in the first place.
The general has "a number of scenarios in mind for differing situations on the ground," Snow said, adding "I'm certainly not going to announce in advance anything that he may have in mind for the president or that he may be recommending."
Mayonnaise is also an option, although nothing's on the table yet."When he makes a recommendation the president's going to follow it. He trusts General Casey and he's made it clear," Snow said.
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