Reply #11: COVER-UP: The Publisher and Executive Editor of The New York Times ... [View All]

[understandinglife]

... Sanctioned a Cover-up in a Criminal Investigation

It should now be painfully obvious that the top leadership of The New York Times sanctioned, and participated in, a scandalous--if not legally liable--cover-up in a federal criminal investigation into how the name of a CIA covert operative was divulged to the press as part of an act of revenge against a Bush Administration critic of the war in Iraq. The Valerie Plame case traces back directly to an effort by the White House to rebut criticism of its abuse of intelligence to justify the invasion of Iraq.

There is corruption at the highest levels of The New York Times. Irreparable damage has been done to the reputation of the most eminent newspaper in the world. The resignations of both Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., and Bill Keller, should be on the table--not to mention the reporter known as “Miss Run Amok.” Both men have been engaging in what might be termed “limited, modified hangouts” as they shift from one foot to the other in offering explanations of their own conduct in regard to the license granted Judith Miller, and the role of the Times in the handling of the Plame story.

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Conclusion

It is true, as Arianna Huffington has so cleverly phrased it, one “could get whiplash reading The New York Times these days.” Or as Howard Kurtz of The Washington Post put it on Monday: “For months, Judy Miller has been kicked around by critics outside the Times, while her detractors at the Gray Lady did their sniping on a not-for-attribution basis. Until now. Bill Keller’s criticism the other day, accusing Miller of misleading the paper about her role in the Plame case, has been followed by broadsides from the ombudsman and, in a much-buzzed-about column, Maureen Dowd.

The crisis at the New York Times IS about much more than Judy Miller. Perhaps the Miller/Times scandal will encourage the newspaper to think critically about itself in larger terms, that is, about maintaining less proximity to power in a national security state.

by William E Jackson Jr on October 24, 2005

Much, much more at the link:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-e-jackson-jr/coverup-the-publisher-a_b_9455.html

That snow-ball that's gonna crush the neoconsters is getting bigger and accelerating by the second ...


Peace.