Wittes on Pulitzers | National Catholic Reporter

Wittes on Pulitzers | National Catholic Reporter by MSW.  MGB: If New Republic says it, I am immediately suspicious.  In this case I suspect that the Pulitzer is for both getting access to the information (although this may have come for free) and publishing it in the face of official pressure not to do so.  This seems worthy to me.  Of course, many of us who have been following this story since the Patriot Act was reauthorized think it is not really news.  Indeed, the objectionable activity is about the same as going to a judge for a search warrant.  There is never an opposing side in such hearings.  The recent change in policy is as much about PR as anything else.