[Rapscallion]

But was it committing a crime?

You betcha! The problem is that the NYT has no moral compass anymore. THAT is why it is no longer a great newspaper.

They should run an experiment, shock the world, stand up for America, stand up for the US Constitution (not just the First Amendment when it suits them.) Perhaps if they were to be an American newspaper again more Americans would want to read it.

[Navy Patriot]

shock the world, stand up for America, stand up for the US Constitution

Like the Scorpion, it's not in their nature.