Which should be the new motto for the New York Times. Cassandra at Villainous Company has the very latest from the Times. The program either was or was not secret and people did or did not know about it. And, by the way, we may or may not have actually written a story. Or something like that.
In other words, though Bill Keller previously justified his publication of a classified program by saying the administration had been overly secretive and he wanted to ensure there was Congressional oversight (though for unstated reasons he couldn't turn over the leaked information to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence AS THE LAW REQUIRES and let them do their job), the fact that there was, in fact, oversight over the program justified publishing its existence to as many people as possible!
Of course, the fact that the Times hasn't come out with this counterargument until now strongly suggests they didn't know any of this at the time, doesn't it? Of course it does. But wait! Mr. Calame has more to say:
Read it all, it defies belief how badly the Times is trying to cover itself on this one.
Getting nervous, Keller?
