Is he VIPS?
Not to my knowledge. Last week DoJ announced it had determined that journalists could be prosecuted for publishing classified information. For some quick background on this investigation, see http://www.americanthinker.com/2006/01/laughable_claims_about_the_nsa.html
Doesn’t look good for the NYT, I think. At a minimum they’ll be forced to testify again.
Ooops—wrong cite on the DoJ policy announcement. That one is http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2007/08/reporters_could_be_prosecuted.html