Hypocrisy with a side of bias: NYT publishes WikiLeaks documents, refused to publish CRU emails prov

The bias is breathtaking. Let me remind you from a prior post of mine back in November 2009: New York Times (!) Refuses To Pubish "Illegally Obtained" Emails Proving Global Warming Is A Fraud. The same New York Times that released countless national security information via WikiLeaks, illegally obtained and all, refused last year to publish the leaked emails from the University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit, also known as CRU, saying that they were illegally obtained. But they never gave evidence that they were illegally obtained. Fact is, they were intentionally leaked by a whistelblower rather than being taken by a hacker.  From the memory hole - in this case the Volokh Conspiracy via Instapundit: NYT Policy on Illegally Acquired Documents

The NYT's environmental blog, Dot Earth, covered the disclosure of e-mails and other files from the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit, noted that the files are available on various other website, but did not reproduce any files on its site. As Andrew Revkin explained in the post:

The documents appear to have been acquired illegally and contain all manner of private information and statements that were never intended for the public eye, so they won't be posted here.

Am I wrong in thinking that this is a change in policy for the NYT? Hasn't the Grey Lady published illegally obtained documents on national security and other matters in the past?

Fast forward to today where the NYT is once again publishing illegally-obtained documents with national security implications. I followed up my prior post with this one also in 2009: Hypocrisy with a side of bias: NYT linked to hacked Palin's emails, refuse to publish CRU emails proving global warming is a lie.

UPDATE: Don Surber beat me to the punch (again). Via Instapundit:

1. From the New York Times: "Answers to Readers' Questions About State's Secrets."

Not allowed to be asked: Why did you publish these and not the Climategate e-mails?

That's what I get for scheduling my posts throughout the day rather then letting them out as I write...

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