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althecat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-05 06:16 PM
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Why Is This New NYT Downing St Memo Story Not On The NYT Website?
Just found this...

British memo on Iraq continues to vex U.S.
By Douglas Jehl The New York Times
FRIDAY, MAY 20, 2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/20/news/weapons.php

WASHINGTON More than two weeks after its publication in London, a previously secret British government memo that reported two years ago that President George W. Bush had decided to "remove Saddam, through military action" is still creating a stir among critics, who are portraying it as evidence that Bush was intent on war with Iraq earlier than the White House has acknowledged.

Eighty-nine House Democrats have written to the White House to ask whether the British memo, dated July 23, 2002, and first disclosed by The Sunday Times on May 1, accurately reported the Republican administration's thinking at the time, eight months before the American-led invasion.

Perhaps it is an advance copy of a story appearing in tomorrows NYT. As of now it is not in on the website.


http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?query=Douglas%20Jehl&date_select=full&srchst=nyt

for reference the NYT's last news story on the memo is here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/02/international/europe/02britain.html?ex=1272686400&en=88713729c46414c7&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

Plus of course there has also been Krugman's contrib
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-05 06:24 PM
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1. karl did not clear it for publication
untill saturdays paper.
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Spazito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-05 06:25 PM
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2. It is dated with tomorrow's date so it probably will
be posted later tonight.
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althecat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-05 06:33 PM
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3. Well that is rather good then... Old Grey Lady finally wakes up...
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-05 07:16 AM
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4. Here tis...
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