The Mandelbear's Musings

NY Times accused of treason | The Register

US Representative Peter King (Republican, New York), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, has called the New York Times "treasonous" for informing the public about another secret Bush Administration counter-terrorist program, the Associated Press reports.

The article (in The Register) is worth reading, since it goes on to point out that the Bush administration's trolling through banking records is already under investigation in Belgium. Unlike the US, some European countries actually have effective data privacy laws.)

Meanwhile, here in the US, we are rapidly approaching the time when any attempt at all to publicly hold the Administration to account for its crimes will be considered "treasonous". Oops!