Anyone who believes an inquisitive and free press is essential to America"s democracy, especially in times of war, should be concerned.
Offering no proof, the republican administration has claimed the terrorist financing stories in the NY Times, which the LA Times and the Wall Street Journal also published, have harmed security.
In fact, the all-out efforts to cut off terror financing had been well publicized long before the latest stories ran.
The stories raised legitimate issues about the administration"s cult of secrecy, its sweeping surveillance operations and its refusal to comply with constitutional checks and balances.
They played an important role in informing the public-- and Congress-- about what the executive branch is doing in the name of the "war on terror".
That's exactly the role of the press in a free society and precisely why it was protected from censorship by our Founding Fathers.
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