A Nation of Suspects

Creating a nation controlled by fear; until it's not.

A Nation of Suspects:

"Ross and Esposito also reported that 'other sources have told us that phone calls and contacts by reporters for ABC News, along with the New York Times and the Washington Post, are being examined as part of a widespread CIA leak investigation.'

Shocking, to be sure, but when you recall Mitchell�s cryptic questioning of Risen back in January, one wonders what is really known and by whom. In the paranoid and secretive style of the Bush administration, it requires little imagination to progress to a program such as warrantless telephone surveillance or an aggressive leak investigation aimed at the enemy press.

What is surprising is how little follow up we've seen and heard from the rest of the media and how little outrage we're observing from the potential victims. While the story itself may be difficult to advance, where, for goodness sakes are our nation's leading editorial pages?

The Washington Post has offered up a single editorial on the subject, calling on the president to 'stop stonewalling his critics or playing for partisan advantage and work with Congress to create legal means to fight terrorism compatible with American values and democracy.' The New York Times, editorial board, usually much tougher toward the administration than that of the Post, has yet to address the issue at all, an odd, almost shocking silence. "