Byron Calame has redeemed himself. The New York Times public editor reveals that the the head editorial honcho Bill Keller has now admitted he lied to the public about the reasons for delaying publication of the NSA surveillance of incoming international phone calls. Calame asks "Did The Times mislead readers by stating that any delay in publication came after the Nov. 2, 2004, presidential election?" The answer comes shortly afterward: I have now learned from Bill Keller, the executive editor, that The Times delayed publication of drafts of the eavesdropping article before the 2004 election. This revelation confirms what anonymous sources had told other publications such as The Los Angeles Times and The New York Observer in December. A number of readers critical of the Bush administration have remained particularly suspicious of the article's assertion that the publication delay dated back only 'a year' to Dec. 16, 2004. They contend that pre—election disclosure of the...(Read Full Post)