McCain to NYT's Keller: You're Wrong

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10:24 AM, Jul 3, 2006 • By DANIEL MCKIVERGAN

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On ABC's This Week on Sunday, Sen. McCain criticized the New York Times for publishing the details of the highly classified program that tracks terrorist money flows.

I don't think they should have. I think there are laws that were passed that allow programs such as this. I think it's a very important program, tracking the money is always a vital tool. And members of Congress were kept informed and agreed to this program. So, no, I don't think they should have published it.

He also noted the disingenuousness of Times' current efforts to downplay the significance of its original piece disclosing the program.

[I]f The New York Times thinks the story was inconsequential, the legitimate question is, why was it on the front page?

Good question for the paper's executive editor.

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