H/T to Michelle Malkin : The New York Times is once again, publishing illegally leaked classified information about the war, more than likely with the hope that it sways the election. The article title: “Military Charts Movement of Conflict in Iraq Toward Chaos.” They wait 11 paragraphs before this: “A spokesman for the Central Command declined to comment on the index or other information in the slide. “We don’t comment on secret material,” the spokesman said.” And then go on leaking for 7 more paragraphs! Fox News has this:
The Pentagon is looking into how classified information indicating Iraq is moving closer to chaos wound up on the front page of Wednesday’s New York Times, and is not ruling out an investigation that could lead to criminal charges.
A spokesman for U.S. Central Command, which has responsibility for operations in Iraq, confirmed to FOX News that a chart published in The Times is a real reflection of the thinking of military intelligence on the situation in Iraq as of Oct. 18, adding that an effort is underway to find out who leaked the chart and if the breach of operational security constitutes a crime.The published report includes a classified one-page slide show from an Oct. 18 military briefing. The slide show is titled: “Iraq: Indications and Warnings of Civil Conflict,” and shows spiraling violence in Iraq and a worsening position for American efforts.
Based on the slide show, Iraq is moving sharply away from “peace,” designated in green on the left side of the chart, to a point much closer to the red-zoned right side of the spectrum, marked “chaos.”
As depicted in the command’s chart, the needle has been moving steadily toward the far right of the chart since February, when a Shiite shrine in Samarra was bombed by insurgents.
An intelligence summary at the bottom of the slide says urban areas are “experiencing ‘ethnic cleansing’ campaigns to consolidate control,” and violence is at an “all-time high, spreading geographically.”
The Times reports the analysis was prepared by the command’s intelligence directorate, which is headed by Brig. Gen. John M. Custer.
The New York Times had not yet responded to a request for comment by FOX News about how it obtained the chart, but a spokeswoman for the newspaper said it will.
I say again: SHUT this treasonous rag down NOW!!!
And if you are a subscriber: Cancel your subscription! Doing anything to support the continued operation of this newspaper is helping the enemy!
You bring up a great point Robert. If the intent is to drum up business, they are failing miserably..