[IFly4Him]

The big question is, why is the New York Times printing stories that may prove immensely damaging to their politics? It's totally out of character

Because they know Bush will get blamed for it. Most people probably don't remember who was running the show then. If this story gets legs, watch for this: accounts in the media will ascribe blame to the "government" or the "administration"; generic terms that will fall back on the current president. I doubt will hear the words "Clinton", "Freeh" etc

[oceanview]

the sheeple are stupid. but not stupid enough to not know the difference between the years 1999 and 2000, from 2001.