The New York Times' Eric Lichtblau: Bonfire of his Vanity

Excerpt, courtesy Powerline:

Eric Lichtblau’s story in the New York Times, June 22: Bank Data Secretly Reviewed by U.S. to Fight Terror By ERIC LICHTBLAU and JAMES RISEN Eric Lichtblau today, on CNN’s Reliable Sources: “USA Today”, the biggest circulation in the country, the lead story on their front page four days before our story ran was the terrorists know their money is being traced, and they are moving it into—outside of the banking system into unconventional means. It is by no means a secret.