NOT THE SHARPEST KNIFE IN THE DRAWER: What Part Of “Loose Lips Sink Ships” Doesn’t The New York Times Understand?

 

The New York Times concludes Friday’s editorial about the London terror plot by wanting “to understand as much as possible about what terrorists were planning. To talk about airport security and how to make it better. To celebrate what worked in the British investigation and discuss how to push these efforts farther.”

 

Here’s a flash from the newsroom: What “worked” in the British investigation was The Times (of New York or London) not tipping off the enemy about methods the government used for evidence-gathering, or that arrests were imminent. The best way to “push these efforts farther” is not to “understand,” “talk about” or “discuss” ongoing efforts by governments worldwide to head the terrorists off at the pass until after the threat has ended. 

Posted by The Stiletto at August 11, 2006
Categories: Not The Sharpest Knife In The Drawer
 

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