The war on free press

There is a very good chance that this is gonna backfire, big time.

The war on free press - The Boston Globe:

"JOURNALISTS. Get the rack ready! Our attorney general is coming for us, snarling like a guard dog at Abu Ghraib.

On Sunday, Alberto Gonzales told ABC's ``This Week' that he would consider prosecuting reporters who get their hands on classified information and break news about President Bush's terrorist surveillance program. ``There are some statutes on the book which, if you read the language carefully, (which mean, read the law the way he wannts to) would seem to indicate that that is a possibility, ' Gonzales said, adding at one point, ``We have an obligation to enforce those laws.' ( Bwahahaha)

Asked more specifically if The New York Times should be prosecuted for its initial story on government surveillance without warrants, Gonzales said, ``We are engaged now in an investigation about what would be the appropriate course of action.'" (How about, you stop breaking the law forty ways from Sunday, and then the press won't have to report that you are doing it. See how that works?)