Congressman wants NY Times Publisher and staff tried for illegal disclosures

AP/Macleans:

The chairman of the House homeland security committee urged the Bush administration on Sunday to seek criminal charges against newspapers that reported on a secret financial-monitoring program used to trace suspected terrorists.

Representative Peter King cited the New York Times in particular for publishing a story last week that said the Treasury Department was working with the CIA to examine messages within a massive international database of money-transfer records.

King, a New York Republican, said he would write Attorney General Alberto Gonzales urging that the country's chief law enforcer "begin an investigation and prosecution of the New York Times - the reporters, the editors and the publisher."

"We're at war, and for the Times to release information about secret operations and methods is treasonous," King told The Associated Press.

A message left Sunday with Times spokeswoman Catherine Mathis was not immediately returned.

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The NY Times has been stiffing other media that have requested an explanation for their bad conduct. Hugh Hewitt left several mesages with the Times trying to get editor Bill Kellor to do an interview. Until they are punished they will continue to pursue their illegal war against the US war effort.

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