Consider the source: Andy McCabe has a LOT of reasons to lie and pull others down, as he said he would do.
Consider the channel: The New York Times will say/print anything that damages or diminishes President Trump.
Consider the motive: How does goading Trump into firing Rosenstein help the left? Since they want it so badly, they must view it as a trigger for something else - 25th amendment perhaps? Whatever their motive is, we can be assured that it is not in Trump’s best interest.
I find it very interesting that at the same time this NYT piece comes out, Trump has backed off, slightly, from his declassification order.
Trump is going to allow these Deep-State actors to eat each other alive.
The entire thing is entering a self preservation mode.