by gotnoscript » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:50 am
I did a web search on the speech and discovered that what Kennedy is actually arguing is not, as the edited audio seemed to imply, that there's a conspiracy in the US, but there's a conspiracy *against* the US and he's arguing for press restraint:<br><br>" For the facts of the matter are that this nation's foes have openly boasted of acquiring through our newspapers information they would otherwise hire agents to acquire through theft, bribery or espionage; that details of this nation's covert preparations to counter the enemy's covert operations have been available to every newspaper reader, friend and foe alike; that the size, the strength, the location and the nature of our forces and weapons, and our plans and strategy for their use, have all been pinpointed in the press and other news media to a degree sufficient to satisfy any foreign power; and that, in at least in one case, the publication of details concerning a secret mechanism whereby satellites were followed required its alteration at the expense of considerable time and money. The newspapers which printed these stories were loyal, patriotic, responsible and well-meaning. Had we been engaged in open warfare, they undoubtedly would not have published such items. But in the absence of open warfare, they recognized only the tests of journalism and not the tests of national security. And my question tonight is whether additional tests should not now be adopted."<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:8Nsrbnz2YLkJ:www.jfklibrary.net/j042761.htm+jfk+secret+societies+%22President+and+the+Press.%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=2">64.233.161.104/search?q=c...=clnk&cd=2</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>He's George Bush's friend.<br> <p></p><i></i>