What is imho pitifull is this is coming from the administration who has no problem when it is them who leak the information. Just like when they leaked the information on a serving CIA operative just to discredit her husband for disagreeing with their position on the iraq war. Of course if the NYT is sanctioned for printing the story it will be a sad day for the US and the result will be that in future the stories will be run by forign papers.
IMHO I dont believe the New York Times should be held accountable for treason. I do how ever beleive the US government and Department of Homeland Security should be held accountable for their incompatance in securing their program. If the data was secure, which it is not, the world would have never known about what they were doing.
spamdies how did you want them to secure the information? They are working with an international company in Belgium. I'm surprised it wasn't leaked before afterall they have been running the program since just after 9/11.