The ever-responsible liberal media strikes again

The latest CBS News poll of 1018 Americans shows that only 34% of respondents approve of the job President Bush is doing. What they don't tell you is that almost half of those who were surveyed are registered Democrats. See here.

Then, we have the ever-sanctimonious New York Times claiming press freedom over national security by suing the Defence Department so they can obtain of every piece of documentation relating to the eavesdropping program. "Forget about top secret clearances - we have a right to know, dammit, even if it means publishing the details and giving the terrorists a roadmap to beat the system!" Of course, the reason that the whole program came to light in the first place was because of an illegal leak, the same kind of illegal leak that led to Dick Cheney's chief of staff getting canned, but in this case, the leak is justified because it's for the cause of righteousness, according to the arbiter of legality known as the NYT.

New York Times sues Defence Department for eavesdropping records

NEW YORK (AP) _ The New York Times sued the U.S. Defence Department on Monday, saying the government has refused to turn over records related to its domestic warrantless surveillance program.

In its federal lawsuit, the Times asked the court to order the government to comply with a Freedom of Information Act request requiring it to release documents or provide a lawful reason why it cannot.

The Times said a Dec. 16 letter to the department requested all internal memos, e-mails and legal memoranda and opinions since Sept. 11, 2001, related to the National Security Agency spying program. The department is the parent agency of the NSA.

The spying program was revealed by the Times in a story in December.

Maj. Susan Idziak, a spokeswoman, said the department would work closely with the Justice Department on litigation regarding the matter.

The newspaper said it asked for meeting logs, calendar items and notes related to discussions of the program, including meetings held by Vice-President Dick Cheney and his staff with members of Congress and telecommunications executives.

It also requested all complaints of abuse or possible violations in the operations of the program or the legal rationale behind it.

And it sought the names and descriptions of people or groups identified through the use of the program and a description of relevant episodes used to identify the targets of the intercepts.

The lawsuit said the Defence Department acknowledged receipt of the request Dec. 30, 2005, but the response, required in 20 business days, never came.

It's also clear that the mainstream media is salivating at the possibility of a
civil war in Iraq. Too bad the Iraqi people won't co-operate.