Good try, WSJ. So, it's bad when the NYT publishes a story about Bush skirting the law on domestic spying, but it's okay when the WSJ publishes the exact same story within hours of the Times. And that's because "no one asked" the WSJ not spill America's top secret anti-terror plans to the entire world. Had someone asked, we presume, they'd have been happy to pull the story. But gosh, no one asked. Sorry.
Some argue that the [Wall Street] Journal should have still declined to run the antiterror story. However, at no point did Treasury officials tell us not to publish the information. And while Journal editors knew the [New York] Times was about to publish the story, Treasury officials did not tell our editors they had urged the Times not to publish. What Journal editors did know is that they had senior government officials providing news they didn't mind seeing in print. If this was a "leak," it was entirely authorized....
So, the Wall Street Journal's argument seems to be that they'd sell America to Osama for a quick buck, so long as no one asked them not to.
Can't have it both ways, Wall Street Journal. Are you journalists or simply shills for the Bush administration?
