Abstract
TO THIS JOURNALIST, PRESIDENT GEORGE W. Bush and his allies are playing a dangerous game in their demonization of the New York Times for its exposure of a secret program that examined banking transactions of thousands of Americans and for its earlier disclosure of another secret program in which the National Security Agency (NSA) monitored tens of thousands of international telephone calls. Other news organizations, including the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Wall Street Journal have also come in for Administration criticism of their reporting on secret activities carried out under the broad umbrella of the war on terror. However, special wrath seems to be reserved for the New York Times . The Times reported in a June 23 frontpage story on the Bush Administration program in which counterterrorism officials have gained access to financial records from avast international database and examined banking transactions involving thousands of Americans and others in the United States. Although gover...
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