From a May 26 New York Post op-ed by Ralph Peters:

Yesterday, The New York Times published another front-page article based on a leaked classified document. This time, it was an order signed by Gen. David Petraeus authorizing black operations against adversaries and such dubious friends as Iran, Syria, Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

Gee, thanks. We really needed to know that. The world's a better place now.

Yet the Times' sin was the lesser one. The paper has long since given up any pretense of patriotism. (Ugh! Yuck!) Its editors are just publishing and perishing as citizens of the world.

It's whoever leaked the document that bears the burn-in-hell blame.

We must be able to keep secrets in wartime. But we can't. Because domestic political agendas trump national security in every administration nowadays.

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The document was handed over in a cynical attempt to score political points. There's no other plausible explanation. Some party hack with a security clearance believed this order would show that the Obama administration's doing something about Iran.

The only question is whether this betrayal was the act of an individual, or if it was orchestrated.

I'd hang the leaker by the neck, then cut down the body and give it a fair trial. But nobody's going to be punished. High-ranking officials can get away with manslaughter, if not murder. An Army captain would go to prison. A political appointee can expect a promotion.

Previously:

Peters' excessive anti-Obama narrative unfazed by contrary reporting in his own paper

Fox still hosting Dem-smearing Ralph Peters, who suggested Taliban kill captured soldier

Fox's credibility gap with its terrorism experts

Peters says alleged Ft. Hood shooter was a “protected species” who was “running around in his little Islamist play suit”

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On O'Reilly, Peters dubs Fort Hood “the new 9-11,” blames Army for being “politically correct” in not getting rid of Hasan

Fox News' Peters calls Muslims “a protected species, a protected minority” in rant about PC culture in Ft. Hood tragedy

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