Has the "New York Times" Violated the Espionage Act?; Footnotes

"BUSH LETS U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts." Thus ran the headline of a front-page news story whose repercussions have roiled American politics ever since its publication last December 16 in the New York Times. The article, signed by James Risen and Eric Lichtblau, was adapted from Risen's then-forthcoming book, State of War.(n1) In it, the Times reported that shortly after September 11, 2001, President Bush had "authorized the National Security Agency [NSA] to eavesdrop on Americans and others inside the United States à without the court-approved warrants ordinarily required for domestic spying." Not since Richard Nixon's misuse of the...