The NY times is equally responsible for the promotion of Bush administration propaganda. Employing war cheerleaders like Judith Miller and sitting on information regarding illegal spying programs for over a year proves beyond any doubt that the media has traded ethics and journalism for access and corporate profits. I hope that these current/past Pentagon officials will be forced to use their consultant fees to pay their legal bills when they are prosecuted for disseminating propaganda in violation of US law.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith-Mundt_Act