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July 01, 2006
NY Times Responds to Critics
The NY Times apparently growing tired of the shrill and often hysterical attacks on it for reporting on the US Treasury Department's snooping on everybody's personal finances, has responded to some its critics.
"The Times has defended its reporting, saying publication has served America's public interest. Its executive editor, Bill Keller, said in a statement on Thursday that the paper took seriously the risks of reporting on intelligence.
'We have on many occasions withheld information when lives were at stake,' Keller said. 'However, the administration simply did not make a convincing case that describing our efforts to monitor international banking presented such a danger. Indeed, the administration itself has talked publicly and repeatedly about its successes in the area of financial surveillance.' " [my italics]
So there you have it folks.
Posted by Ali Massoud at July 1, 2006 11:11 AM
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