NSA Spies Domestically -- and the New York Times waits a year to tell us because the White House Asked them to

In Today's article Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts , the NYTimes included this little paragraph: "The White House asked The New York Times not to publish this article, arguing that it could jeopardize continuing investigations and alert would-be terrorists that they might be under scrutiny. After meeting with senior administration officials to hear their concerns, the newspaper delayed publication for a year to conduct additional reporting. Some information that administration officials argued could be useful to terrorists has been omitted."

So get this: The NYTimes, a reporting agency, delays reporting news based on policy considerations. If they agreee with the policy considerations of the Administration and the need for secrecy to further those considerations, the NYTimes will not report.

So how is that not the organ of the White House? Would they have waited a year if they had not agreed with the need for the policy, if the thought the policy was bad for the country?

Is there any news organization left in America which defends the people's right to know, without fear or favor?