Senator Accuses Times of Endangering U.S. - Yahoo! News: "Senator Accuses Times of Endangering U.S. Sat Dec 17,10:15 PM ET
WASHINGTON - A Republican senator on Saturday accused The New York Times of endangering American security to sell a book by waiting until the day of the terror-fighting Patriot Act reauthorization to report that the government has eavesdropped on people without court-approved warrants.
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'At least two senators that I heard with my own ears cited this as a reason why they decided to vote to not allow a bipartisan majority to reauthorize the Patriot Act,' said Republican Sen. John Cornyn (news, bio, voting record) of Texas. 'Well, as it turns out the author of this article turned in a book three months ago and the paper, The New York Times, failed to reveal that the urgent story was tied to a book release and its sale by its author.'"
