NY Times admits banking-data surveillance is legal; They're sorry for publishing story
BY GREGOR

Via the New York Times:

My July 2 column strongly supported The Times’s decision to publish its June 23 article on a once-secret banking-data surveillance program. After pondering for several months, I have decided I was off base. There were reasons to publish the controversial article, but they were slightly outweighed by two factors to which I gave too little emphasis. While it’s a close call now, as it was then, I don’t think the article should have been published.

I haven’t found any evidence in the intervening months that the surveillance program was illegal under United States laws. Although data-protection authorities in Europe have complained that the formerly secret program violated their rules on privacy, there have been no Times reports of legal action being taken. Data-protection rules are often stricter in Europe than in America, and have been a frequent source of friction.

What kind of trouble did Keller and his newspaper cause with their lack of concern for the truth and blatant treason, aside from possibly killing Americans?

Remember this?
Who thinks we'll see an apology from the ACLU?


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