Friday, June 30, 2006

Congress Rebukes Leakers

Apparently no legal repercussions for now. From FoxNews:

The resolution's preamble, which lays out the reasons for the resolution, claims the news media have made it harder to fight terror. The resolution then states support for the Terror Finance Tracking Program and calls on the media to stop revealing U.S. secrets.
"Whereas beginning on June 23, 2006, certain media organizations knowingly published details about a classified program that the United States government had legally and with appropriate safeguards used to track the financing of terrorism, including specific intelligence gathering methods ...
"Be it resolved that the House of Representatives condemns the unauthorized disclosure of classified information by those persons responsible ... and expects the cooperation of all news media organizations in protecting the lives of Americans," the resolution reads in part.
Republican supporters of the resolution say that the news media have undermined the War on Terror and hurt U.S. efforts to fight U.S. enemies.


Really, a slap on the wrist. The media has made it appear the Gop versus them, but I say its the New York Times against America.