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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Republicans, the WSJ, NYT and National Security

    The Republican majority in Congress has passed a resolution condemning "certain media organizations" for disclosing how the Bush Administration follows terrorist money. Today's Wall Street Journal weighs in with an editorial attacking the New York Times for "obstructing" the war on terror. But in a Times op-ed, former national security aides say the paper just printed "a secret the terrorists already knew." The argument is as old as the First Amendment: when does a free press endanger national security? Are politicians bashing the media for political gain? We talk with journalists, journalists who cover the journalists and media ethicists. (An extended version of this discussion originally aired earlier today on To the Point.)

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    By Warren Olney • Jun 30, 2006 • 30m Listen

    Wall Street Journal

    New York Times editorial, 'A Secret the Terrorists Already Knew'

    Sulzberger responds to Wall Street Journal editorial slamming New York Times

    Espionage Act of 1917

    HR (895) supporting intelligence, law enforcement programs to track terrorists, terrorist finances

    Office of Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald

    Schoenberg's commentary on whether the NY Times has violated the Espionage Act

    Vennochi's article on White House's win in diverting the message

    York's article on New York Times' exposure of terrorist-finance program

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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