"The President had made the request in person, nine days before, in an Oval Office meeting with publisher Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr. "
If the President actually lowered himself to meet with that traitorous little bastard, it would disappoint me more than anything else I've heard about this entire story.
So the whole thing is about Risen pandering his stupid Bash Bush book?! I say fire the somebitch.
That is what I thought when I read it.
Does this now mean "a high administration official confirms"?