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Times executive editor
Bill Keller says he and colleagues "listened patiently and attentively" to Bush administration officials before running the story on the government's surveillance of international banking records. "We weighed most heavily the Administration's concern that describing this program would endanger it," he writes. "The central argument we heard from officials at senior levels was that international bankers would stop cooperating, would resist, if this program saw the light of day. ...We found this argument puzzling." ||
Dan Kennedy comments on Keller's explanation.
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"Revealing the secret moves of our government sometimes costs us, but it also protects us," writes
Mark Bowden.
(Philadelphia Inquirer)
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Zelnick says news media acted irresponsibly when they ran story (Sun)
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Politico urges Bush admin to prosecute NYT, others for running story (AP)
