John Kerry

much more enmeshed with the internet, so that even a slight disruption in services would be the equivalent to the power going out. I assume that this was JK's fear about the story being published. My take is that it was the ACTION, not the publishing of the action, which is the potential problem. My take is that Iran is a current problem but that internet disruption will be an ongoing problem that will outlive problems in the Middle East. We're really only at the beginning of the technological revolution. We're very dependent on everything working in concert, so that when things go wrong it goes far beyond the overhyped Y2K apocalypse predictions. That dependency will only increase in the future. I hope some of that big DHS budget is being used to fortify our defenses on this front.

I am a pretty big 1st amendment person. The NYT was very responsible, taking their story to the government before publishing. When it was stuff against Bush and the NSA story, I didn't hear protests from liberal Senators. Frankly, I disagree with JK that this was not something the public should know. I kind of like knowing that the government has taken this step -- right or wrong. The fact that the WH hasn't lodged a similar protest as JK is very telling.