Henry Mark Holzer of FrontPageMagazine.com has this piece today arguing for the government to indict the Times. I agree it is long overdue. “Freedom of the Press” has limitations as the author clearly explains.
The press is not exempt from laws that apply to everyone else. The press is not exempt from laws protecting our national security. The New York Times is not exempt from the Espionage Act, as we shall see in a moment.
With regard to the Times the author cites Title 18, Section 793 of the United States Code (which)
provides that â??(e) Whoever having unauthorized possession of . . . any document . . . or information relating to the national defense which information the possessor has reason to believe could be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation, willfully communicates . . . the same to any person not entitled to receive it . . . (f) . . . [s]hall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. (g) If two or more persons conspire to violate any of the foregoing provisions of this section, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each of the parties to such conspiracy shall be subject to the punishment provided for the offense which is the object of such conspiracy.â? (Section 794 is inapplicable. It deals with â??gathering or delivering defense information to aid [a] foreign government.â?Â)
This definately applies to the NY Times. Indict!!!!!!!!!!!!!
entire article here.