Treason!

The New York Times egregious revelation of the Bush administration’s legal but covert policy concerning the tracking of terrorist funds worldwide is rightfully being called treason by many.

The truth is that if these reporters had given this information directly to Osama and his henchmen under cover of night they would have been jailed without question. But because they enlightened the whole world at once about this up till now successful counter-terrorism measure they’re protected by a lack of specific motive to tip off the enemy. Of course Al Qaeda will get the info, but indirectly enough to cover the political asses of the arrogant fools dressed as editors at the Times main office.

While I sympathize with those in and out of government calling for a criminal investigation of those reporters and editors responsible, it isn’t the proper way to handle the situation. The press is free in this country and no one from the Times will ever pay for this crime. It just won’t happen. But there is a better way-

It’s time to vigorously investigate, find, and bring treason charges against those in government that choose to leak this stuff to the irresponsible journalists currently roaming the halls of many of the major press outlets. There has been a systematic leaking of sensitive material out of the Departments of State, Defense, and others over the last couple of years that can lead one only to believe that there are elements of the permanent bureaucracy that are actively working to undermine the Commander-in-Chief at a time of war. This is treason, plain and simple.

The leaks are more than likely coming from disgruntled lifers who have a moral problem with current foreign policy. They almost assuredly view themselves as heroic whistleblowers but they are nothing of the kind. They are rogue elements with delusions of grandeur convinced that there judgment is more enlightened than the judgment of those they serve.

These people may be smart but what they forget is that they are not elected. They are bureaucrats who have no right to circumvent or attempt in any way to short-circuit any policies coming out of an administration that they disagree with. The administration has the right to be wrong because they were elected to make policy by the citizens of the country… and they were elected twice to boot.

Forget about the idiots at the New York Times. Make an example out of a couple of lifelong pencil pushers in D.C. by sending them to serve hard time or suffer the death penalty for jeopardizing the security of the nation- and you’ll see the leaks dry up real quick.