White House officials who are feeling the heat over national security concerns and counter-terrorism tactics have turned to old reliable in an effort to get their political spin out in circulation.
John O. Brennan, President Obama’s counter-terrorism advisor, is permitted to sound off against “Republican critics” in an article that reads like a White House press release. The Times goes out of its way here to buff up Brennan’s credentials, while ignoring polls that show public consternation go...