The Press Rallies Around Seth Harp – and Misses the Point

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating

The press community has weighed in on the Seth Harp affair. What they’ve offered is a reflexive defense and a missed opportunity to address journalistic ethics.

The weigh-in comes in the form of a Jan. 13 open letter asking Congress to drop a subpoena issued to writer Seth Harp. Congress issued the subpoena after Harp posted a headshot and biography of a U.S. Army colonel. Harp identified the officer as the commander of Delta Force, the unit...