Because CIA Leaks Are Only Bad If They Help Republicans
Pundit Guy:
There are some opinions on the matter at the link, but my guess would be that media organizations never let a quibble like national security get in the way of a hot story.
Earlier this year ABC News set up an interview with the mastermind behind the Beslan atrocity, who is still on the lam from authorities. Rather than use their knowledge of the monster's whereabouts to bring him to justice, the news network used their knowlege to get an interview with him for ratings.
The media isn't on our side in these things. And while they aren't exaclty on the side of the enemy either, they are on the side of getting big ratings and making lots of profits. Which isn't such a bad thing, I guess, except when it macks a mockery of our countries ability to keep state secrets.
It’s as if the whole Valerie Plame matter never happened.
ABC News is blowing their ‘EXCLUSIVE’ horn again in an ongoing investigation to ‘out’ a handful of secret CIA prisons where alleged “enhanced interrogation techniques” are authorized for use by 14 CIA officers. Officially, the CIA has declined to comment on the existence of these prisons, let alone the intensity of interrogation tactics used at any such facility. President Bush has said plainly that the U.S. does not use torture as a means of extracting information from captured terrorists. But…
ABC News has access to information which they believe will prove otherwise. And how does ABC News assume any confidence in their investigation?
Current and former CIA officers are leaking information, confidentially of course.
Given what happened with Valerie Plame, why would any current or former CIA official want to slip information to a major news media organization?
There are some opinions on the matter at the link, but my guess would be that media organizations never let a quibble like national security get in the way of a hot story.
Earlier this year ABC News set up an interview with the mastermind behind the Beslan atrocity, who is still on the lam from authorities. Rather than use their knowledge of the monster's whereabouts to bring him to justice, the news network used their knowlege to get an interview with him for ratings.
The media isn't on our side in these things. And while they aren't exaclty on the side of the enemy either, they are on the side of getting big ratings and making lots of profits. Which isn't such a bad thing, I guess, except when it macks a mockery of our countries ability to keep state secrets.
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