From theendofa New York Times story headlined “Gates Warns of North Korea Missile Threat to U.S.,” readers saw this:
Predicting missile capabilities is notoriously difficult. Documents released last year by WikiLeaks, the antisecrecy organization, revealed sharp disagreements between American and Russian experts on Iran’s missile technology.
Of course, some readers might remember that once upon a time (November 29, to be precise) the Times told a very different story about those cables–in a story headlined “Iran Fortifies Its Arsenal With the Aid of North Korea,” which warned that the country now had “the capacity to strike at capitals in Western Europe.” An important thing to remember, given that the story today features U.S. officials warning that North Korea might soon have weapons that could strike the United States.
