Rivkin claimed NYT's justification for reporting on financial program would allow reports on troop movements; Supreme Court precedent suggests otherwise

SUMMARY: On Fox News' Special Report, attorney David B. Rivkin Jr. made the baseless claim that The New York Times' justification for publishing an article on a Bush administration program designed to monitor international financial transactions would also justify a decision to print details of a hypothetical imminent attack on Osama bin Laden. But Supreme Court precedent suggests that, in contrast with the information published by The Times, the publication of such information about bin Laden not only could likely be punishable after the fact, but also might be blocked by a court in the first place.

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