As a viewer of news, I impeach the motives of CBS: Criminally premature leaker conspired with CBS to short-circuit due process in order to sensationally and prematurely release images in a manner CBS and the leaker KNEW would jeopardize the lives of American military personnel far more than awaiting their release by the Pentagon at a time not violative of due process imposed by law upon Pentagon officials.

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As a viewer of news, I impeach the motives of CBS: Criminally premature leaker conspired with CBS to short-circuit due process in order to sensationally and prematurely release images in a manner CBS and the leaker KNEW would jeopardize the lives of American military personnel far more than awaiting their release by the Pentagon at a time not violative of due process imposed by law upon Pentagon officials.·

Fortunately for CBS, there is no basis for "articles of impeachment" against a news organization placing its desire for sensationalism ahead of the safety of American military personnel risking their lives to serve the principles of freedom guaranteeing the "freedom" of organizations such as CBS to jeopardize their safety in order to serve its corporate interests. If CBS genuinely doubted whether the Pentagon would disclose the results of the investigation in due course in a accordance with due process, CBS could have waited a little longer (as requested by General Richard B. Meyers) in order to place the safety of our military personnel ahead of the corporate interests of CBS.

Since there is no basis for "articles of impeachment," the next best thing for me to do as a mere citizen would be to refrain from patronizing CBS as a viewer unless and until CBS were to air the dirty laundry of the tawdry process and motives within CBS News that led them to ignore General Meyers' sensible, lawful and morally defensible request for a delay in order to comply not only with due process but also to take steps to minimize risks to our military personnel at such time as release of the information would be proper. Will CBS News subject its process and motives to the same glare they chose to prematurely focus on the Pentagon with callous disregard for the fact that rejecting General Myers' reasonable request for delay would seriously jeopardize the ability of our military to take steps to minimize risks to the safety of American military personnel.

In my opinion, the CBS News decision to place its' interests in sensationalism above the safety of our military personnel in such manner is as contemptible as the prisoner-abuse depicted by the pictures. In my opinion, the politicians focusing demands for Rumsfeld's resignation (or impeachment) while ignoring the irresponsibility of CBS News are likewise engaging in equally contemptible conduct. Even more contemptible was the effort of Minnesota Senator Mark Dayton (D) to attempt to characterize Myers' request for "delay" as an attempt to "suppress the news."

The CBS News Contempt for the Troops.

At CBS News, we prefer
the profits we hope to incur
by premature showing
of pictures exploding
the risks for our troops to be hurt.

So-what if a Gen'ral named Myers
informed us the risks would be dire
if photographs leaked
were promptly released
without the delay sought by Myers.

Yet one cannot fairly paint all Democrats with such brush. Today, Senators Joe Lieberman and Evan Bayh exhibited admirable political sensibilities in expressing their condemnation of the prisoner-abuse behavior upon which the world is now focusing to the exclusion of the courageous, noble and selfless sacrifices being made, and having been made, by hundreds of thousands of American military personnel.

--Jim Wrenn, Editor@PoliSat.Com.

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