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Jack Shafer gets it exactly right in Slate.

Money quote: The New York Times scoop raises as many questions as it answers.

Also, the sentence "A waltz through Nexis and a skip through Google document the breadth of the public knowledge about the boom-boom Saddam stored at Al-Qaqaa" is simply one of the best sentences I've ever read. That's why they get paid the big bucks to write I guess.

I do it for free, for "the love of the game" so to speak, so while not rich, famous, and influential, I am at least "pure." So take that, Jack Shafer!