The New York Times has decided to run a redacted version of Floyd Leverett's op-ed about the Bush administrations failed policy towards Iran. Mr L
December 28, 2006

nyt-leverettcensored.jpgThe New York Times has decided to run a redacted version of Floyd Leverett's op-ed about the Bush administrations failed policy towards Iran. Mr Leverett -- who is an established foreign policy expert who worked for the Bush administration in the CIA -- charged earlier this week that the White House stepped in and politicized the Prepublication Review Process in an attempt to silence him when the CIA had already cleared the article in it's entirety.

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