Is the New York Times is revealing National Security secrets to spur sales of books written by its reporters? A troubling coincidence does not yet make a pattern, but the record raises concern. The latest SWIFT disclosure coincides with the June 20th release of the new book, The One Percent Doctrine, by New York Times reporter (and Bush critic) Ron Suskind , which relays the story of how Israel and America cooperated with Western Union in tracking financial transfers to terror groups, an investigation that led to the destruction of terror cells in the West Bank . Just as the NSA telephone monitoring revelations coincided with the publication of State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration, by James Risen, their own lead reporter on the subject. The paper had held the story for months and coincidentally decided it was worth front—page coverage when Risen's book was released to bookstores.  The synergistic effect of the resulting public...(Read Full Post)