[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 12912]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        NATIONAL SECURITY LEAKS

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, as we all know, last week newspapers 
disclosed the details of a secret program used to track terrorist 
financial activity. Some newspaper editors make vague references to the 
public interest as their justification for publishing national security 
secrets. The greater public interest is protecting our homeland from 
another savage terror attack.
  Our terrorist enemies are crystal clear about their intention. They 
seek the death not of hundreds or thousands but tens of thousands of 
innocent Americans. The program revealed last week by the media had 
been successful in stopping the terrorists from achieving their 
murderous aims. But now, thanks to the media, one more tool used to 
protect each and every one of us has been compromised.
  Should this disclosure contribute to another attack on America, I 
wonder how the media will explain itself to the husbands, wives, sons, 
and daughters of those killed.
  Mr. Speaker, the media got it wrong in this case. Because of them, we 
are in greater danger today than we were yesterday. In a time of war, 
this is truly disgraceful.

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