Representative Peter King, Republican from New York, is calling for the prosecution of the newspapers that have published national security information. Specifically, King is asking the Justice Department to go after the editors, publishers and reporters who printed the stories detailing the financial tracking program.
King, R-N.Y., said he would write Attorney General Alberto Gonzales urging that the nation's chief law enforcer "begin an investigation and prosecution of The New York Times — the reporters, the editors and the publisher."
"We're at war, and for the Times to release information about secret operations and methods is treasonous," King told The Associated Press.
A message left Sunday with Times spokeswoman Catherine Mathis was not immediately returned.
King's action was not endorsed by the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, GOP Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania.
Certainly whoever leaked it to them should be found and prosecuted. The Times' editor, Bill Keller, appears to be daring the administration to go after him.
I'd say give him his wish.
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