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Hume mocked NY Times' justification for disclosing bank monitoring: "[W]omen with their breasts exposed are a matter of public interest to some people"

June 26, 2006 6:06 pm ET

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SUMMARY: On Fox News Sunday, Brit Hume derided The New York Times' justification for revealing a Bush administration program that monitors international financial transactions. Responding to the notion that it is "a matter of public interest," Hume said: "Well, that can apply to almost anything. ... That applies to ball scores. And you know, I mean, women with their breasts exposed are a matter of public interest to some people."

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