Gray Whore Lady Betrays Us Again

Ostensibly responding to criticism from readers (but really from bloggers and conservative talk radio commentators) about this article, which reveals details of secret US efforts to track the finances of terrorists, New York Times executive editor Bill Keller reveals the mind of a weasel (and a not terribly bright weasel at that) in this letter [emphasis added]:

The question we start with as journalists is not "why publish?" but "why would we withhold information of significance?" We have sometimes done so, holding stories or editing out details that could serve those hostile to the U.S. But we need a compelling reason to do so.

Idiot. Keller answered his own question, but doesn't have the wit to realize it. The "compelling reason" to withhold stories or details is to avoid giving aid and comfort to our enemies.

At least now we know why al Qaeda called off their plot to attack the New York City subway system with poison gas. They didn't want to risk losing any of their allies at The New York Times to friendly fire. For al Qaeda to lose Bill Keller would be perhaps an even more damaging blow than was the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.