Today, June 13, 2011, is the fortieth anniversary of Daniel Ellsberg’s leak of the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times. The National Archives is commemorating the occasion by putting the Papers (supplemented by a large amount of content that Ellberg didn’t leak) on-line. I’m going to mark the event with some recycling of my... Read More

The New York Times Misuses and Misremembers the Definition of Torture. Three BBC correspondents were treated horribly in Libya  by Khadafi forces.  They were beaten, hooded, and subjected to mock executions. The New York Times headlined its report 3 BBC Journalists Report Being Tortured in Libya. It's noteworthy, and not in a good way, that... Read More