[Red6]

What do you mean?

They will use this to sell more! Imagine all the free publicity?

And this will last- Sure, since if the government pushes the issue they will report about more and more and more. It's a self perpetuating free advertising gimmick which is packaged as news and they themselves will even "HELP" you hype this whole issue. they win if the government sits silent and they win if the government pushes the issue. It's a win win situation for them. This won't hurt their sales, it will help sales take off again.

Maybe there is a reason why the government is just sitting on it?

[Laverne]

I'm surprised they haven't lost any advertisers over this. If I was an american company paying good money to advertise in the NYTimes, and knowing the NYTimes was openly giving aide and comfort to the enemy, I would pull all my advertising in a heartbeat. The Times is a disgrace to this nation. They "journo's" who leaked this should be put in jail immediately until they reveal their sources. The precedent has been set for that by Fitzy, and it needs to be applied here now.

[sageb1]

"Maybe there is a reason why the government is just sitting on it?"

Most likely, but I don't think it has anything to do with the Times' profits.