NYT Staffer Says Book’s Timing Drove Bush Spy Story An unidentified NYT journalist tells the LA Times that the imminent publication of James Risen’s embargoed book by the Free Press is what compelled the paper of record to finally run with their story on President Bush authorizing eavesdropping on US citiznes. “When they realized that it was going to appear in the book anyway, that is when they went ahead and agreed to publish the story. That’s not to say that was their entire consideration, but it was a very important one of them.” The LAT says their report is […]