Is this serious?
If it were the Washington Post, I'd ignore it as ultraliberal claptrap, but that's not the case with the Times.
If this is ligit, this is REALLY bad, because it'll mean A. They know something we don't (i.e. Hastert actually DID know about the explicit IM's and did nothing) B. That the info is bad enough to make a moderate to conservative paper turn.
If they know something, then why don't they report it, they are a freakin newspaper afterall.