<i>Times</i> Defends Decision To Withhold NSA Story For A Year…

Defends Decision To Withhold NSA Story For A Year…

NEW YORK (CNN) -- The following is a statement from New York Times executive editor Bill Keller on the paper's decision to print a story Friday that said President Bush secretly authorized the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on U.S. citizens and others in the United States who were communicating with individuals overseas.

The Times story said the White House had asked the paper not to publish the article, and that the paper had delayed its publication for a year while it conducted additional reporting.

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