A curious 'State' of affairs
By MICHAEL LEARMONTH
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After years of entanglement with Judith Miller, the New York Times can celebrate a true journalistic hero in James Risen, the reporter who uncovered the NSA eavesdropping story.
But the Gray Lady's silence on Risen's new book could be a sign of how problematic the new hero could be for the paper.
Risen's "State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration" arrived in stores Jan. 3.
His former employer, the Los Angeles Times, published a lengthy excerpt the following day. But the New York Times has yet to mention the book, just as it has refused to explain why it held Risen's eavesdropping story for more than a year, publishing it just weeks before it would have lost the scoop to Risen's book.
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After years of entanglement with Judith Miller, the New York Times can celebrate a true journalistic hero in James Risen, the reporter who uncovered the NSA eavesdropping story.
But the Gray Lady's silence on Risen's new book could be a sign of how problematic the new hero could be for the paper.
Risen's "State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration" arrived in stores Jan. 3.
His former employer, the Los Angeles Times, published a lengthy excerpt the following day. But the New York Times has yet to mention the book, just as it has refused to explain why it held Risen's eavesdropping story for more than a year, publishing it just weeks before it would have lost the scoop to Risen's book.
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