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Our civilly minded podmate Wonkette points out this meet-cute between Condoleezza Rice and the New York Times editorial board. Fairly standard boilerplate jousting from both sides, except for this amusing little nugget: Rice challenges the NYT for leaking basically anything the administration wants kept under wraps. Discounting her complaints, the NYT responds:
QUESTION: And we - this paper has kept some of your secrets for you, too.Of course, one assumes the NYTer speaking meant secrets kept by the NYT for the administration at large. Or ... was it something else?SECRETARY RICE: I understand that and I appreciate that. But I think that when it comes to - you know, I'm speaking to the leaks problem. I know this is a major, major issue in the journalistic community. But I can tell you from the point of view of somebody who has to (inaudible) security (inaudible), it's a problem.
New York Times Keepin' Secrets For Condi [Wonkette]
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