[68skylark]

I hate this column -- Calame is basically criticizing the Times from the left, wondering why they didn't spill our secrets faster.

[Brad from Tennessee]

I think the Times had this story (NAS surveillance) or enough facts for much longer than one year. I think they resisted publishing it just prior to the 2004 election because it could have backfired on them and actually helped Bush (as it appears to be helping him now). Also, James Risen was cobbling together a book using about 98 percent ancient history and 2 percent leaks and release of the story needed to coincide with the book's printing. The first Risen story was front-paged the day after the successful Iraqi elections. Times editors, and Democrats, desperately need anything to dampen the good news from Iraq. The hard news component of the Times news room uses information as a political weapon. There is an unmistakable, shameless pattern.

[Uncle Vlad]

This is how the Left is trying to explain the treason of the New York Times.