Quote:He was going to publish his article in our New York Times, where he (as former senior director for Middle East Policy for the National Security Council) has criticized Bush policy in Iraq and Iran. White House official accused him of trying to publish writings, contained classified materials, although it was well known that his article was only a summary of a long paper he had written a few weeks earlier (which had been cleared by the CIA as containing no classified information). According to Leverett's words, White House has threatened him to criminal punishment in the case of publishing the article in the open press!
You say it was
well known that his article was only a summary of a long paper. Well known to whom?
The long paper that purportedly was cleared by the CIA, was it cleared for the purposes of publication in a newspaper?
If I am understanding this correctly, the White House has a problem with the publication of a summary of a long article already cleared by the CIA.
So where's the beef? That's what makes a good newspaper publisher. The White House constantly objects to newstories that don't put them in a favorable light. Does the New York Times publisher have the balls to verify and publish the information or not? This has nothing to do with the secrecy of the White House other than it is standard ops for them.
It has everything to do with the press and their responsibility to verify and publish what the people need and want to know, regardless of the desires of the White House.
The title of your thread should be rewritten to say "American Press constantly falls to their knees when criticized by White House"
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