WHAT CENTURY ARE WE LIVING IN?
"Loose lips" kill Americans, top Republican saysWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Declaring that "loose lips" kill Americans, a congressional Republican leader said on Wednesday the House of Representatives would debate a resolution condemning the U.S. media for exposing details of secret intelligence programs.
The move heaps more criticism on The New York Times and other newspapers that reported last week on a secret program by the U.S.
Treasury Department that monitors private bank records in an effort to track terrorist organizations.
"What we're talking about is people who are leaking classified information. It's not news. It's classified information our government is using to fight terrorists," said House Speaker
Dennis Hastert, of Illinois. "Loose lips kill American people," he added.
The nonbinding resolution, released later in the day, said the House "expects the cooperation of all news media organizations in protecting the lives of Americans and the capability of the government to identify, disrupt and capture terrorists by not disclosing classified intelligence programs such as the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program."
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