If the SWIFT program was outed as far back as 2001, what is the purpose of publishing an article - especially in light of the recent phone-tapping stories - with such ominous headlines:
---
Bank Data Is Sifted by U.S. in Secret to Block Terror
"A secret program has given counterterrorism officials access to financial records involving thousands of Americans, officials said."
---
Why call it secret if it really wasn't?
Come on host, everyone knows the NYT is anti-war. Fine, theyre anti-war no big deal. But why pretend to be unbiased, why pretend to be upholding the First Amendment and other lofty excuses, when all you are doing is taking a partisan swipe. It insults people's intelligence more than anything else.