And, as you've probably heard, the US District Court ruled out a lawsuit by Hatfill v the NY Times : noting the Times did not report anything on Hatfill until he came forward and identified himself as the "person of interest" the FBI was investigating.
Faust, when you said that leaks had spilled out to the New York Times, you didn't really mean Kristof falling for the Hatfill bait, did you? I was thinking of something else when I read your post.