The New York Times sat on a story for three years about the United Statesâ and Pakistanâs joint secret efforts to protect nuclear weapons at the request of the Bush administration. The paper asked the administration if they could publish the Sunday story in light of recent developments in Pakistan that made it newsworthy, and this time, the âWhite House withdrew its request that publication be withheld.â (Politico)
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