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Let us try to discuss some issues where we share a commonality of views.

I believe that the U.S. government has misrepresented the truth as to whether newspapers, such as the NY Times, LA Times, and Washington Post disclosed "secrets" about government monitoring of telephone calls that begin or end in the U.S., and about government data mining of telephone blling records of telco customer accounts, and about whether U.S. government monitoring of SWIFT financial transaction messages was a "secret" program, that "the terrorists didn't know about...unitl the NY Times and the LA Times disclosed this "secret program" in their June, 2006 reporting.

I believe that the government is accusing the newspapers of disclosing "secrets" that result in increasing risks to national security, that "may harm Armericans", not because the reporting by the newspapers has revealed information about NSA, CIA, and Treasury electronic surveillance, was heretofore, not public knowledge, details of which were already available in the public domain, but was motivated by the government's negative reaction to reporting by the newspapers that challenges or simply examinies the legality of such programs, and whether the "secret" programs were carried out with proper and specific judicial warrants, where the law required it.

The newspapers also called into question whether the information that was obtained, via these "secret programs", was obtained in a manner that would permit it to be accepted as evidence in criminal prosecutions, or whether this surveillance, if it was conducted without proper judicial oversite, would actually jeopardize the right of the accused to receive a fair trial, or whether it would risk the ability to prosecute some criminal cases, at all.
The violation of privacy rights of Americans by the government surveillance programs was also raised as an issue in the reporting of the newspapers.

I believe that the CIA determined that the confirmation by "senior administration officials", of reporters' inquiries, in 2003, as to the question of whether "Joe Wilson's wife" worked for the CIA, was disclosure (leaking) of classified information. I believe that, before mid 2003, the information that "Joe Wilson's wife" or that Valerie Plame, worked for the CIA, was not information that was public knowledge, i.e., in the public domain, and that this changed, afer Robert Novak's July, 2003 column.

Now....here is an example of how I support my contentions....I'm posting a message that has been available in the public domain since 1996. This can be verified at the following internet link. It describes most of the "secrets" that the government claims that NY Times, LA Times, and Washington Post recently revealed in their news reporting:
Now....see how the example above demonstrates that you can do similarly,
regarding the issue of whether Ms. Plame's employer was public knowledge
before mid 2003?

This is the way we document, we document.....this is the way we support our statements.....early in the mornin' !