NYT Sues Pentagon Over Secrecy They Often Embrace
The Financial Times reports the NYT is mounting a legal challenge against the Pentagon's 'draconian' rules. This righteous indignation over government secrecy might sting a bit, considering the Times's own documented suppression of stories , like their decade-long delay in reporting on the NSA’s warrantless surveillance program, at the Bush administration's request (#Snowden, anyone?). It appears
press freedom is paramount only when the state's boot isn't *directly* on the neck of their own reporters, but rather on the flow of information they wish to control. One imagines the Pentagon's 'restrictions' would be far less concerning if they involved carefully curated leaks designed to bolster a preferred foreign policy narrative, especially one involving a key US ally.