Rule of Reason Blog Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 By Nicholas Provenzo from The Rule of Reason,cross-posted by MetaBlog Consider me humbled over my earlier post on the The New York Times classified information scandal. The Wall Street Journal printed an editorial last week that more or less states that the administration begged The New York Times not to print its article in the name of national security, but the Times elected to go to print anyways. That decision was wrong; even a marginally effective covert program can still capture bad guys, and the Times should have heeded a reasonable request to stay silent. But why my visceral reaction to the administration's stand? It's simple. I don't care for the philosophy behind this administration. It is appallingly weak were it ought to be strong, such as in its unwillingness to wage a full-scale, ruthless war against jihad. So while what the Times did was reprehensible, the administration's own failures burn brighter in my mind. In this case, I simply allowed myself to be blinded by them. http://ObjectivismOnline.com/blog/archives/001787.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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