NYT Editor On The Decision To Post Leaked Cables

from National Public Radio

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Bill Keller, executive editor of The New York Times, about the paper's decision to publish the leaked diplomatic documents. Keller says the newspaper received the leaked cable from the British paper The Guardian, and he acknowledges that while some foreign leaders may be embarrassed and upset that the U.S. didn't do a better job with protecting their privacy, he says: "I don't think that a bit of embarrassment trumps their own national and personal interest."

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, November 29, 2010