This Washington Post article about a top secret Navy facility in the middle of a park in Washinton, D.C. is quite a good example of how the press, in its insatiable thirst for their deification, engages in irresponsible reporting of facts that are not covered by secrecy.

That they, unable to get what they wanted on the details of the facility’s actions itself, published the names of people who know of the projects in the facilty is irresponsible. That they, in a quest for “transparency” in matters of national security, would worry more about the aesthetics of the capitol at a time like this, is irresponsible. That they, under the guise of “accountability,” would incite the organizations that oversee normal park construction to dip their fingers in matters that they are not privy to, is irresponsible.

If certain government organizations are not privy to Secret to Top Secret information from other government bodies, what makes the press think they have all the right to this info? The people whose security the reporters at The Post have compromised are to be lauded for their steadfastness.

HT: Kathy Kinsley UPDATE: Regarding the title, I forgot to note that the writers were whining a lot about how the facility makes the capitol ugly. Talk about priorities. UPDATE2: I actually did. It was buried in the second coumpound sentence in the second graf. Haha.