NY Times Outs a CIA Interrogator

The NY Times has once again published information detrimental to the country. After all the handwringing over the release of non-undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame which caused no harm or threat to Plame, you'd think they'd be sensitive to the release of a name which could actually get a CIA officer killed. You'd be wrong.

The NY Times chose to release the name of the chief CIA interrogator who grilled terrorist and 9/11 planner Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, thus putting this brave soldier in the war on terror in grave danger. Here's their feeble excuse for releasing the name (I've redacted the name) (h/t Gateway Pundit):

The Central Intelligence Agency asked The New York Times not to publish the name of (CIA agent), an interrogator who questioned Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and other high-level Al Qaeda prisoners, saying that to identify Mr. (CIA Agent)would invade his privacy and put him at risk of retaliation from terrorists or harassment from critics of the agency.

After discussion with agency officials and a lawyer for Mr. (CIA Agent), the newspaper declined the request, noting that Mr. (CIA Agent) had never worked under cover and that others involved in the campaign against Al Qaeda have been named in news stories and books. The editors judged that the name was necessary for the credibility and completeness of the article.

The Times’s policy is to withhold the name of a news subject only very rarely, most often in the case of victims of sexual assault or intelligence officers operating under cover.

The fact is, the Times would like to see this guy dead. They consider his interrogation to be equivalent to torture and war crimes and anything they can do to "bring him to justice" they'll do. He's now in danger of attack by terrorist sympathizers, those who share the Times' belief that he's guilty of war crimes, and a good many Congressional Democrats. Look for him to be subpoenaed very soon.