The information is already internationally known no matter what the NYT decides to cover. The NYT was only able to decide if they are going to be the first to report it or to leave it to some other (U.S.?) media.
Can anybody really imagine supporting U.S. doing censorship like this:
http://www.amazon.de/Der-NSA-Komplex-Edward-Snowden-Überwach...
The article by Der Spiegel:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/nsa-spied-on-chine...
The information is already internationally known no matter what the NYT decides to cover. The NYT was only able to decide if they are going to be the first to report it or to leave it to some other (U.S.?) media.
Can anybody really imagine supporting U.S. doing censorship like this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_19...