In the 1971 case New York Times Co. v. United States, the Supreme Court upheld the rights of media outlets to publish information regarding government misconduct without fear of government censorship. Some 40 years later, the New York Times is under fire again.
Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I – CT) has used his position as chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security to appoint himself as something of a de facto official censor, angrily buffaloing businesses to stifle the publication of recent embarrassing cables with a surprising level of success.
Now his eyes are squarely facing the New York Times, the only official partner of WikiLeaks that is a US media outlet. Declaring the Times a “bad citizen” for publishing the documents, he urged the Justice Department to move against them, saying they should try to prosecute them under the espionage act.
Which, incredibly, is the exact same argument made against the Times in 1971, and which the Supreme Court already ruled on. And while the New York Times is better connected to WikiLeaks, many US media outlets have covered the content of the leaks, and the attempt to force the broad censorship of the US press in this regard seems difficult. Though the mood in favor of censorship (and execution) of dissidents is growing among officials, it would be extremely difficult to test in court and, given official predilection for unilateral moves without court approval, it is difficult to fathom that the Times will be pressed directly on this issue.
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"all the new Joseph Lieberman lets us print"
hahahahaha! love it!
We are moving towards the ugly stage of neo-fascist (neo-con) rule where the gloves are off, censoship is overt and constant, and dissdents are crushed with show trials. 🙁
Are you ready to fight for your freedom couch potatoe Americans?
This Dictator (Joe Lieberman) should be courtmarshalled. He is trying to intemedate the U.S. citizens and develop a parallel environment in the U.S. as the life in an aparthied country called Israel. He has already pushed the home security (through his chairing of the Homeland Security Committee) to adapt the toughest and lousiest screening system in the U.S. airports. His intentions look as that not only that aparthied country should live that kind of life but also the people he is assigned to represent. The reason? Is to push the U.S. to people to feel what the Zionests are feeling. Wake up American and think about not voting for such selfish people.
Odd, someone who places Israel ahead of the USA babbling about espionage.
And where was the concern of this vile scumbag when the Times was publishing all those lies in the lead up to the Iraq invasion?
And don't forget that same gullible reporter, Judith Miller, outing Valerie Plame as an undercover CIA operative. It was almost hilarious that the Bush Administration had a love-hate relationship with the Times. They were loved when they published the lies from Cheney without any double checking but hated when they published facts that brought ridicule to the Bush White House. Lieberman, as an unregistered lobbyist and dual citizen of Israel, should have applauded the Times for deliberatly altering stories they receved from the Guardian of England. The Times altered one cable at the behest of the State Departmnt to make it appear that the Iranians had received 20 mid range missiles from N Korea. They omitted the facts that the Russians had told them that the missiles were phoney mock-ups only seen on parade in Pyonyang and not copies of Russian missiles.
Has he ordered those classy long leather coats yet?
To think he was almost a heartbeat from the Oval Office.
So much for the whine from Dim supporters that Al Bore would have been oh so much better. And I say that as a left activist not a conservative or Libertarian.
I wonder if democrats.., the what is called "left wing" are the lapdog of Liberman or he is the lapdog of Israel or other ways around. But as you all know by now.., we are and have entered the new era in neo – fascism where the idea was started by Paul Wolfowitz and co. and was implemented by Geroge W. Bush Sr. when in 1990s he announced the "new world order".., that idea – legacy is continued by his son and the new president.., whom were supposed to prove to the world that USA is not what Bush and company including Liberman are saying. So once again the “left wing” from Sweden to US has fooled the people to prove to the people that they are not from and by the people but rather bunch of element of deceptions and fraud with a University degree to prove it.
Someone needs to make like one of those visitors from another planet, popularized in "Communion," and probe Senator Lieberman.
Sen. Joe 'tailgunner' Lieberman certainly is a pouty little warmonger. Why our beloved 'tailgunner' has never met an issue he wouldn't jump on the bandwagon for, you know, if there's a buck to be had.
Seems that Connecticut would do well to "move" against Lieberman. You know, like a recall election? Our 'tailgunner' is a demagogue of the lowest order. That makes the miserable piss-ant dangerous. To America's freedom. Which curiously enough, America's freedom seems doomed to a slow death being ignored by 'we the people'.
I don't know, maybe it's all the pharmaceuticals Americans eat by the ton. Pharmaceutically engineered compliance to tyranny.
Lieberman and his support for his homeland is the last person on the planet to talk about this topic. What we should learn is who paid for the likud member to run for the US Senate. What this nation needs is people who will worry about the safety of our people and what we get is a clown for the homeland. Joe do us a favor and exercise the dual citizenship and leave us who have to live in this country after you and your friends loot it.
This is what our military is fighting for, the rights of governments to lock people up for publishing the truth.
Joe, what is your next move ? How about rounding up all the shop owners who sell the Times? How about sending around trucks to gather up all the papers that were distributed? Let's stop with all the fascist intimidation crap! Whether these guys are guilty or not of a particular crime, We (the American People) still have the Freedom of Speech, Press, etc. We can think for ourselves and we will let you know if we want the Congress to take action.
Lieberman, that pink old clown for the "Homeland committe," Simspn to kill Social Security ; Medicare and Medicaid, just as Bacus killed health reform.
All chosen by Obama who now freezes federal salaries and sends little Holder, all in a flufff against Wikileaks.
Unless we stick together, they will pick us off one by one.
I demand an investigation of the New York Times over Lieberman.
Maybe Lieberman needs psychiatric treatment???
It looks like the censors at Antiwar.com share alot in common with Joe Lieberschmuck. I posted something earlier on this thread and it’s not here now.
Too bad Antiwar.com is run by a coward instead of someone of Julian Assanges caliber.
How does a retard like LIEberman get elected?
Oh, ya. Riiiiight. Retards elect him.
Americans as a group keep talking about having freedom, yet do not react when little girly boys like lieberman become more brazen in their calls for censorship and assassination when their evil little schemes come to light.
Pathetic.