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2006-07-11 Fifth Column

"Pinch" Sulzberger to give lecture on the Role of Journalism in a Democracy

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Posted by DanNY 2006-07-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 For those wishing to send emails the contacts are:

tbecker@ciweb.org, rbarmore@ciweb.org, mmerkley@ciweb.org, ljordan@ciweb.org, msullivan@ciweb.org, ncummings@ciweb.org, cheinz@ciweb.org, dconroe@ciweb.org, hswanson@ciweb.org, jcampbell@ciweb.org

The text of the message I sent is as follows:

Dear Sirs and Madams,

I just discovered that you are having Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr. giving a lecture on:

The Role of Journalism in Democracy

as part of your

Applied Ethics: The Obligations of Citizenship.

To say that I was stunned would be a serious understatement.

Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr. is a traitor to the United States of America. He has provided aid and comfort to our enemies in a time of war. To have him speak on this topic would be a grave insult to the memories of the almost three thousand of my fellow New Yorkers who were killed on September 11, 2001, to the three hundred plus men and women killed at the Pentagon on that same day, to the brave passengers on Flight 93, to our fighting men and women overseas, and to every American whose lives he has endangered by his callous, cavalier and traitorous actions.

Actions have consequences and I sincerely hope that Mr. Sulzberger is dealt with to the fullest extent of the law.

If you think I am overstating my case then you might want to consider reading the relevant portion of the law which I have appended.

For the Chautauqua Institute to consider such a person as qualified to give any lecture on a subject he demonstrably knows or cares so little about is an insult to Chautauquans past, present and future.

I await your response on this matter.

Sincerely,

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00000794----000-.html

U.S. Code Title 18, Part I, Chapter 37, Â§ 794
Â§ 794. Gathering or delivering defense information to aid foreign government

(a) Whoever, with intent or reason to believe that it is to be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of a foreign nation, communicates, delivers, or transmits, or attempts to communicateâ¦ to any foreign government, or to any faction or partyâ¦ whether recognized or unrecognized by the United Statesâ¦ any document, writingâ¦ planâ¦ or information relating to the national defense, shall be punished by death or by imprisonment for any term of years or for life, except that the sentence of death shall not be imposed unless the jury or, if there is no jury, the court, further finds that the offense resulted in the identification by a foreign powerâ¦ directly concernedâ¦ early warning systems, or other means of defense or retaliation against large-scale attack; war plans; communications intelligenceâ¦. or any other major weapons system or major element of defense strategy.
(b) Whoever, in time of war, with intent that the same shall be communicated to the enemy, collects, records, publishes, or communicates, or attempts to elicit any information with respect toâ¦ any other information relating to the public defense, which might be useful to the enemy, shall be punished by death or by imprisonment for any term of years or for life.
(c) If two or more persons conspire to violate this section, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each of the parties to such conspiracy shall be subject to the punishment provided for the offense which is the object of such conspiracy.
(d)
(1) Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall forfeit to the United States irrespective of any provision of State lawâ
(A) any property constituting, or derived from, any proceeds the person obtained, directly or indirectly, as the result of such violation, and
(B) any of the personâs property used, or intended to be used, in any manner or part, to commit, or to facilitate the commission of, such violation.

Posted by DanNY 2006-07-11 09:07|| 2006-07-11 09:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Dan, my Man! NICE letter! Can I crib from it?

Posted by Bobby 2006-07-11 13:22|| 2006-07-11 13:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Go right ahead Bobby

Posted by DanNY 2006-07-11 14:23|| 2006-07-11 14:23|| Front Page Top

#4 As I expected I got the following reply from the President of the Chautauqua Institue:

Dear Mr. ,
Thank you for the email message concerning the appearance at Chautauqua of the publisher
of The New York Times, Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr.
Regarding your views that Mr. Sulzberger's actions as publisher of that newspaper
constitute traitorous behavior, I respect your right to hold such views. Regarding
your point that the Institution insults its constituency by having him speak on
the subject of the Obligations of Citizenship and the role of the press in a democracy,
I respectfully disagree.

Thomas M. Becker
President
Chautauqua Institution
Chautauqua, NY 14722
716-357-6222

Posted by DanNY 2006-07-11 15:16|| 2006-07-11 15:16|| Front Page Top

#5 By any chance, was Pinch packing heat?

See The Autonomist

Posted by Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-07-11 17:51|| http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp]">[http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp] 2006-07-11 17:51|| Front Page Top

#6 Dunno if he will be at Chautauqua but he does have a concealed handgun permit in NYC.

Posted by DanNY 2006-07-11 23:11|| 2006-07-11 23:11|| Front Page Top

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