In his San Diego Union—Tribune commentary, 'A political battle Bush is winning,' Robert Caldwell notes the following regarding Americans' opinions concerning press revelations of classified programs that are part of the war against terrorists: An Opinion Dynamics Corp. poll conducted for FOX News after the Times revealed the administration's secret tracking of terrorist financing resoundingly affirmed the Bush position. First, 70 percent of those polled in this nationwide survey conducted over two days at the end of June supported tracking terrorist financing. That 70 percent included 83 percent of Republicans, 67 percent of independents and 58 percent of Democrats. [snip] The same polling found that 60 percent of Americans believe that the Times' decision to reveal this secret intelligence program 'did more to help terrorist groups like al—Qaeda' than to 'help the American public.' This damning, for The New York Times, conclusion was held by 84 percent of Republicans,...(Read Full Post)