The NYTimes was not the first to talk about financial records

[Hamlette]

it's talked about in One Percent Doctrine. Why is the Times taking the heat? Because no one reads books?

I wasn't even surprised when I read it in the book. Hasn't this been talked about since 9/11? That we were going after bank records?

[peacetalksforall]

1. They have been after bank records since 9-11, but Ashcroft could not

figure out who collected and didn't collect on put-options on airlines and investment companies. Then, he slipped in a no press decisions that the case was closed.

Why don't people go after that successful cover-up.

That is one of the most disgusting pre and post 9-11 crimes, but worse than having the knowledge, placing the options, collecting on the options, not collecting on the options, then covering it up at the highest levels of this administration has got to have no 'topper'.

Rotten creatures.

[RufusEarl]

2. It's another attempt by the Bu$h admin,

to control the media. I watched Cspan 3 today and heard things that could take this admin down. Very damning information about the run up to war with Iraq, by former CIA, and state dept people.

I'm pretty sure that the people that got the chance to watch Cspan 3 today will be the only people to hear this information. unfortunately the MSM will not cover this Senate hearing, and the only place you'll hear of the senate hearing will be on a blog.

[zbdent]

3. The NYTimes is taking the heat, but

didn't the Wall Street Journal also cover this? And why isn't Bush calling for the head of the WSJ editor on a silver plate, also?

[Roy]

4. Cuz..... On KO it was just reported that the WH...

leaked the story to the WSJ to try and preempt the NYT release.

[Gabi Hayes]

5. was it Tweety who had Suskind and two others talking about this?

yes...the others were DAvid Ignatius of WashPO and Evan Thomas

missed most of it, but Tweety could ONLY talk about Suskind's book in the segment I watched. his fawning was nauseating, but I was typing, so I didn't get a sense of what the other two thought.

didn't seem to be getting the idea that this is a MAJOR attack on freedom of the press. have to catch the rerun

media better watch it, unless they don't care, cause all they are are stenographers, anyway.