On 1/1/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To the Public Editor, > New York Times: > > Re: Behind the Eavesdropping Story, a Loud Silence > Public Editor Column > January 1, 2006 > > I write to bring out two overriding considerations not explicitly > considered in the article "Behind the Eavesdropping Story...":
------------------------------------------ <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/07/AR2006010700829.html> The Convenient Timing of a Leak Case Sunday, January 8, 2006; Page B06 More than a year ago, the administration had discussions with the New York Times, knew of its intent to write an article about warrantless domestic surveillance of U.S. citizens and prevailed upon the Times not to publish the article. But it did not see fit to launch an investigation of the leak of this information to the Times ["Justice Dept. Investigating Leak of NSA Wiretapping," front page, Dec. 31]. Now that the public knows that President Bush empowered himself to authorize such surveillance, an investigation has been launched into what he described in a news conference as a "shameful" leak. If the leaks were the crime, then the crime was known more than a year ago. If the leaks were such a danger to national security, then the administration knew of this danger more than a year ago and did nothing. This call to action seems to be another instance of this administration's all-too-often successful efforts to change the conversation whenever the public discourse makes it look bad. JULIANNE DOHERTY Silver Spring
