Lawmaker Wants Feds to Probe N.Y. Times

[Judi Lynn]

Lawmaker Wants Feds to Probe N.Y. Times
By DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press Writer

Sunday, June 25, 2006

(06-25) 18:52 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --
The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee urged the Bush administration on Sunday to seek criminal charges against newspapers that reported on a secret financial-monitoring program used to trace terrorists.

Rep. Peter King cited The New York Times in particular for publishing a story last week that the Treasury Department was working with the CIA to examine messages within a massive international database of money-transfer records.

King, R-N.Y., said he would write Attorney General Alberto Gonzales urging that the nation's chief law enforcer "begin an investigation and prosecution of The New York Times — the reporters, the editors and the publisher."

"We're at war, and for the Times to release information about secret operations and methods is treasonous," King told The Associated Press.
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[TomInTib]

1. You just knew this was coming after the Cheney bs nt

[Moderator]

2. duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2355797