Here is Bloomberg's article on this....decent article.
U.S. Justice Department Probes NSA Eavesdropping Leak (Update3)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aydyJH6f8ziQ&refer=top_world_news
"The Times, which disclosed the program in a front-page story Dec. 16, said it withheld the article for a year in part because of a request from the Bush administration."
Interesting.. so the slimes decides to print it just when the Patriot Act is up for voting.. also, it states that it held up the story "in part.." and the other 'part' for holding up the story is that it may damn well be illegal to have printed it.
(White House spokesman Trent Duffy)
``The leaking of classified information is a serious issue,'' Duffy said. ``The fact is that al-Qaeda's playbook is not printed on Page One, and when America's is, it has serious ramifications.''
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"Senators are questioning whether the eavesdropping violates the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act because the spying took place without court-approved warrants."
Is it overly simple to think that by the DOJ investigation (announcement), these Senators were just told to STFU?