The New York Times Breaks the Law Again Today

And every day, in fact.

Every day the NYT is an unauthorized recipient of “classified information.” The NYT people have no “security clearances,” therefore they are by definition unauthorized recipients. They also aid and abet government officials who commit criminal violations of the various “classified information” laws that enforce state secrecy, as well as the Espionage Act. [These are the same laws that prevent the handful of Congresspeople who have pseudo-”oversight” duties for the “intelligence community” (secret police combine) from saying anything about what's going on, even to the rest of Congress. Which doesn't stop liars from Obama on down and their media stooges from constantly repeating the lie that “Congress oversees” all the massive spying the secret police and military do. Hardly.]

Here's an example from the Sunday paper (July 14^th), although you can find examples every single day.

The first paragraph sources the story to “American officials,” who “said” on “Saturday” that Israel bombed some antiship cruise missiles in Syria last month that Russia had just shipped.

The second paragraph says “The officials, who declined to be identified because they were discussing intelligence reports, said the attack occurred...” blah blah. Of course, the “intelligence reports” would be “classified,” and the “officials” were committing a crime by telling the NYT about them, which explains why they “declined to be identified,” that is, why the NYT agreed to keep their identities secret. In fact, by the U.S. Government's lights, they committed numerous crimes, including violating their signed agreements not to divulge “classified” information. [1]

Every day, the NYT aids and abets these government criminals by conspiring with them to receive these unauthorized releases of classified information to reporters and editors without security clearances, and to hide the identities of these lawbreakers who are guilty of “unauthorized disclosure of classified/national defense information” and of violating the Espionage Act (as it is currently “interpreted” by the Obama regime, with the complicity of the Federal courts and their politically repressive judges).

But get this. Some of the government lawbreakers who want former “National Security” Agency contractor and hero whistleblower Edward Snowden's head on a pike are committing the exact same crimes they accuse him of. [See “NSA Whistle-Blower Edward Snowden: Hero Or Villain?”]

And obviously it's not just the NYT. It's the Washington Post, it's the various TV channels, it is the multifarious organs of the corporate media propaganda system that is doing this.

The very same corporate propaganda organs that violate U.S. law daily (by the Obama regime theory that wiretapped the AP and Fox News as being involved in criminal conspiracies, and the media theory that says WikiLeaks and others are criminals) and that aid and abet lawbreaking (a separate crime) by government criminals periodically float the idea or even openly call for criminal prosecutions of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, and even Guardian columnist and reporter Glenn Greenwald, who Snowden has given his information to.

All this goes well beyond an issue of selective prosecution. Well beyond a contradiction. Well beyond mere hypocrisy.

This is the rankest cynicism by the power bosses, in the government, and in elements of the corporate media, such as the revolting David Gregory of NBC, who challenged Glenn Greenwald to explain why he shouldn't be clapped into prison.

Actually David Gregory should be in prison. He is an accomplice in major crimes against humanity.

1] “Israel Airstrike Targeted Advanced Missiles That Russia Sold to Syria, U.S. [SIC] Says,” Michael R, Gordon, New York Times, Sunday, July 14^th, 2013, page 10. I like the way lawbreaking government officials ARE The Nation, the “U.S.” Now that's authority! We are the state! Sounds like a monarchy, doesn't it?