From Stata-Sphere comments:
http://www.strata-sphere.com/blog/
Mr. Hanauer, 34, is a consultant on homeland security and intelligence issues at Booz Allen Hamilton, the consulting firm in McLean, Va. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania and received a masters degree in international relations from Tufts. From 1995 to 2003, Mr. Hanauer was a foreign policy adviser in the office of the Secretary of Defense, working primarily on Middle Eastern and European security issues.
also,
Larry Hanauer did a stint on the staff of NY Rep Joseph Crowley, giving Hanauer a NY connection and probably press contacts with the NY Times. Crowleys official site is here. So that establishes a path to the NY news media.
hmmmmmm.....Bush Derangement Syndrome strikes again. There's probably a LOT more about Hanauer out there.
Brilliant.