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Friday, December 16, 2005

Anti-Bush article tied to book release

Times reporter claims NSA spy story delayed 1 year for additional reporting

The New York Times neglected to tell its readers that the publishing of a major story today, claiming President Bush secretly authorized the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on Americans, coincided with the release of a book by the article's writer.

Times reporter James Risen says the paper delayed publication of the story for a year to conduct additional reporting, according to the Drudge Report.

The story hit the front page one day after the Iraqi parliamentary election, widely seen as a success for the Bush administration.

Risen claims the White House asked the Times not to publish the article because it could alert would-be terrorists and jeopardize continuing investigations, the Drudge Report said.

His book, "STATE OF WAR: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration," will be published by Free Press in the coming weeks.

In an interview today with ABC's "Good Morning America," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Bush has "acted lawfully in every step that he has taken" while seeking to protect the American people.

Lawyer John Hinderaker of the popular weblog Powerline believes intelligence officials who leaked the story to the Times "should be identified, criminally prosecuted, and sent to prison."

Hinderaker says intelligence officials hostile to the Bush administration leaked the information, citing the Times story, which says, "Nearly a dozen current and former officials, who were granted anonymity because of the classified nature of the program, discussed it with reporters for The New York Times because of their concerns about the operation's legality and oversight."

1 comment:

Timmer of Righting America said...

This is another NON-STORY (like the "Plamegate" nonsense). The NYT held onto this thing for A YEAR, then just when we hit the "Turning Point In Iraq" (according to even CNN), this little grenade gets tossed.

I LIKE the fact that Bush has come out swinging on this - and he is understandably pissed! I hope we can find the fools who are leaking this stuff and put their proverbial heads on a stake!

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