At least that’s what I got out of the headline, “Drone Strikes’ Dangers to Get Rare Moment in Public Eye.” Here’s the beef:
The killing of Mr. Jaber, just the kind of leader most crucial to American efforts to eradicate Al Qaeda, was a reminder of the inherent hazards of the quasi-secret campaign of targeted killings that the United States is waging against suspected militants not just in Yemen but also in Pakistan and Somalia. Individual strikes by the Predator and Reaper drones are almost never discussed publicly by Obama administration officials. But the clandestine war will receive a rare moment of public scrutiny on Thursday, when its chief architect, John O. Brennan, the White House counterterrorism adviser, faces a Senate confirmation hearing as President Obama’s nominee for C.I.A. director.
Here’s what I’m thinking, and bear with me here because I’m still just on my first cup of coffee. But the New York Times seems to think there might be a story somewhere in this “quasi-secret” drone war. And if memory serves, the NYT is a newspaper. They have like journalists and everything. Printing presses, the works.
So maybe they could use all that stuff they have to uncover some of those secrets, and then tell people about them. In other words, act like a newspaper. Which is what they are.
Reportedly.
Don’t bring logic into this.
Sorry. First-cup-of-coffee mistake. Anyone could do it.
Didn’t the NYT use to leak classified info on government programs that it felt needed scrutiny?
But that ability is only apparent in Republican administrations. As well as the willingness of civil servants to violate the law.
Civil servants knew they would be protected under Bush, not so under Obama… There is a good chance the NYT, WaPo and others would sell out any whistleblower if it was too damaging to the admin.
John Yoo was unavailable for comment.
If it’s not a wedding announcement, it has to come from a White House press release. Have some more coffee.
I thought the NYT had become the DNC’s official newsletter.
come out on tissue, it could be put to better purpose.
Worse, considering how many leftist media outlets (print, TV, internet) take their cue from the NY Times regarding what is and what is not a story, if the NY Times were to push this the rest of the legacy media would do so as well.
– Comical.”
I hate to be the one defending the NYT, but aren’t they the newspaper that’s printed the most important stories on drone warfare in the past year or so? They were the ones who uncovered the secret kill list last May. They were also the newspaper that discovered that the Obama administration was trying to set up rules for drone warfare in case Romney was elected president. They’ve even sued the government for information concerning the legal justifications for drone strikes. I’m no fan of the Old Gray Lady, but I think they’ve honestly done a decent job in trying to cover the drone wars.