"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.
Good point.