Avoiding the Real Issue

Here, the NY Times' omsbudman discusses the furor surrounding the publication of the story about warrantless surveillance by the NSA. The piece notes that neither Managing Editor Bill Keller nor Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. would respond to his questions.

Interestingly, the piece focuses on the timing of the story, and other associated issues.

But tellingly, there is little discussion of the wisdom or morality of The Times' decision to publish classified national security information during a time of war.