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Washington Post , et al.) disagree, the networks follow the lead of the times. So, the American people get a distorted view of the truth. p>I think the ultimate solution is new management at the New York Times . Their financials have been declining and sooner or later the stockholders will revolt. Mr. Sulzberger needs to think seriously about this or his newspaper will go the way of the New York Herald. Properly run, with good, fair and balanced reporting, with the news pages separated from the opinion pages, the New York Times can be a valuable national resource again. As it is right now, it is only good for wrapping garbage in. BR>-- Gilbert R. Ohlson BR>St. Joseph, Missouri p>It's worth noting that the Times can't even get intelligence terminology right. In the lingo of the trade, a CIA employee is an "officer," not an "agent." An "agent" is somebody, usually a foreign national, recruited by an officer to provide intelligence, usually against their own nation for reasons of money, ideology, conscience, or ego (MICE, in trade jargon). A "spy" is somebody working for the bad guys. So Plame was an agent for whom? BR>-- John Ortmann

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