THE NEW YORK TIMES
Paper Trail of Suppression, Protectionism,
Blackballing, & Election-Rigging

2006

Freeman's January 3, 2006 letter --
"Times' procedures re corrections"


CJA's January 6, 2006 letter to Solomon B. Watson, IV --
"Securing appropriate review by The New York Times Company Legal Department"
   [indicated copy to Freeman]


Freeman's January 10, 2006 letter --
"Times' procedures re corrections"
   [indicated copy to Watson]


CJA's January 12, 2006 letter to Watson --
"Sassower, et al. v. The New York Times Company, et al.
   [indicated copies to Freeman, McCraw]


CJA's January 12, 2006 e-mail to Freeman and David E. McCraw


Freeman's January 12, 2006 automated e-mail acknowledgment


McCraw's January 12, 2006 e-mail


CJA's January 13, 2006 letter to McCraw --
"Arranging Service of Process Pursuant to the CPLR, Sassower, et al. v. The New York Times Company, et al."   [indicated copies to Watson, Freeman, Eli Vigliano, Esq]


McCraw's January 13, 2006 e-mail response


CJA's January 16, 2006 letter to McCraw --
"Arranging Service of Process Pursuant to the CPLR, Sassower, et al. v. The New York Times Company, et al."     [indicated copy to Eli Vigliano, Esq.]


McCraw's January 17, 2006 e-mail response


CJA's January 19, 2006 letter to McCraw --
"Arranging Service of Process Pursuant to the CPLR, Sassower, et al. v. The New York Times Company, et al."
    [indicated copy to Eli Vigliano, Esq.]


CJA's January 24, 2006 letter to Solomon B. Watson, IV, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer --
"Securing & Confirming Your Unconflicted, Appropriate Supervisory Oversight & Arranging for Service of Process of Sassower, et al. v. The New York Times Company, et al."
    [indicated copies to McCraw, Freeman, Eli Vigliano, Esq.]


CJA's January 27, 2006 letter to Watson -- 
"RE: Securing & Confirming Your Unconflicted, Appropriate Supervisory Oversight & Arranging for Service of Process of Sassower, et al. v. The New York Times Company, et al."
     [indicated copies to McCraw, Freeman, Eli Vigliano, Esq.]


CJA's January 30, 2006 letter to Rhonda L. Brauer, Secretary, Corporate Governance Officer & Senior Counsel --
"(1) Misconduct by Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Counsel Solomon B. Watson, IV; (2) Arranging for Service of Process of Sassower, et al. v. The New York Times Company, et al."
     [indicated copies to Watson, McCraw, Freeman, Eli Vigliano, Esq.]


CJA's February 3, 2006 memo to Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., Bill Keller, Jill Abramson, Allan Siegal, Gail Collins (individually and for the Editorial Board), Byron Calame, and Marek Fuchs --
"Service of Summons with Notice: Sassower, et al.. v. The New York Times Company, et al."
      [indicated copies to Watson, Brauer, Eli Vigliano, Esq.]


cc: CJA's February 3, 2006 letter to U.S. Senate candidate John Spencer -- "RE: Informing the Voters: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's readily-verifiable corruption in office, as evidenced by her record on judicial selection and discipline -- covered up by an election-rigging press"
       [indicated copies to Keller, Sulzberger, Abramson, Siegal, Landman, Taubman, Collins (for sharing with ALL Editorial Board members), Fuchs, and Hernandez]

CJA's February 13, 2006 letter to Edward Bohan/Legal Assistant: New York Times Company Legal Department:
"Service of Summons with Notice: Sassower, et al. v. The New York Times Company, et al."
       [indicated copies to Keller, Sulzberger, Abramson, Siegal, Collins (individually and for the Editorial Board), Calame, Fuchs]


CJA's February 14, 2006 letter to Solomon B. Watson, IV & Rhonda L. Brauer --
"A Valentine for The New York Times: Service Today of the Summons with Notice: Sassower, et al. v. The New York Times Company, et al."
      [indicated copies to Keller, Sulzberger, Abramson, Siegal, Collins (individually and for the Editorial Board), Calame, Fuchs, Eli Vigliano, Esq.]

                      SEE:   SUING THE NEW YORK TIMES

CJA's March 2, 2006 letter to Edward Bohan/Legal Assistant: The New York Times Company Legal Department --
"Service of Summons with Notice: Sassower, et al. v. The New York Times Company, et al."
     [indicated copies to Calame, Fuchs, Eli Vigliano, Esq.]

CJA's April 11, 2006 e-mail to "asktheeditors@nytimes.com --"Talk to the Newsroom: Executive Editor Bill Keller" --
"QUESTIONS FOR PUBLIC RESPONSE BY BILL KELLER"
     -- copy given, in-hand, to Jill Abramson, Managing Editor for Newsgathering on April 18, 2006 -- as equally applicable to her
    -- copy given, in-hand, to New York Times' media reporter David Carr, on April 19, 2006, together with CJA's press release "First-of-its-Kind Public Interest Lawsuit vs The New York Times in Vindication of the First Amendment"


cc: CJA's June 19, 2006 letter to Would-Be Republican Nominee for the US Senate Kathleen Troia McFarland --
"Informing the Voters: Senator Hillary Clinton's readily-verifiable corruption in office, as evidenced by her record on judicial selection and discipline -- concealed by John Spencer and an election-rigging press
      [indicated copies to Patrick Healy, Keller, Sulzberger, Abramson, Siegal, Landman, Taubman, Collins (individually and for the Editorial Board), Calame, Hernandez, Fuchs]


cc: CJA's June 19, 2006 letter to Would-Be Democratic Nominee for the US Senate Jonathan Tasini --
"Informing the Voters: Senator Hillary Clinton's readily-verifiable corruption in office, as evidenced by her record on judicial selection and discipline -- covered up by an election-rigging press, including The New York Times"
     [copies to Healy, Keller, Sulzberger, Abramson, Siegal, Landman, Taubman, Collins (individually and for the Editorial Board), Calame, Hernandez, Fuchs]


cc: CJA's June 20, 2006 memorandum to the Candidates for the Democratic Nomination for NY Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo, Mark Green, Charlie King, Sean Patrick Maloney & to the Republican Nominee for NY Attorney General Jeanine Pirro -- "Informing the Voters: Whether You Will Confront Readily-Verifiable Casefile Proof of Corruption by New York Attorneys General, Past and Present, and Discharge Your Professional and Ethical Obligations with Respect Thereto, Including by Criminal Prosecutions"     
    [copies to Healy, Keller, Sulzberger, Abramson, Siegal, Landman, Taubman, Collins (individually and for the Editorial Board), Calame, Hernandez, Fuchs]


cc: CJA's June 26, 2006 letter to Republican Gubernatorial Nominee John Faso --
 "Informing the Voters: Attorney General Spitzer's readily-verifiable corruption in office -- covered up by an election-rigging press"
       [copies to Healy, Keller, Sulzberger, Abramson, Siegal, Landman, Taubman, Collins (individually and for the Editorial Board), Calame, Hernandez, Fuchs]


CJA's August 25, 2006 memo to Gail Collins, The Editorial Board, Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., Bill Keller, Jill Abramson  --
"Your Upcoming Editorial Endorsements and Ongoing Election Coverage: The Races for New York Governor, U.S. Senator from New York, and New York Attorney General"
      [indicated copies to Siegel, Calame, Fuchs, Landman, Taubman, Mullany, Hernandez, Hicks, Healy, Clyde Haberman]


cc:  CJA's September 1, 2006 memo-letter to candidates for Democratic nomination -- sent to Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., Bill Keller, Jill Abramson, Gail Collins & Editorial Board, Alan M. Siegel (retired), Byron Calame, Marek Fuchs, Jonathan Landman, Philip Taubman, Gerald Mullany, Raymond Hernandez, Jonathan P. Hicks, Patrick Healy, Clyde Haberman

September 7, 2006 article by Jonathan Hicks, "Cuomo and Green Rivalry Sharpens in Final Debate"

ALBANY BUREAU CHIEF MICHAEL COOPER WAS AT THE SEPTEMBER 14, 2006 NYS JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HEARING TO CONFIRM THE NOMINATION OF EUGENE F. PIGOTT TO THE NY COURT OF APPEALS -- & received, in hand, CJA's written opposition testimony
     SEE:  Judicial Selection-State-NYS: "Merit Selection" to NY Court of Appeals: Pigott


CJA's September 26, 2006 memo to NYT Editorial Page Editor Gail Collins & The Editorial Board -- "Resting Your Editorial Positions & Endorsements on Documentary Evidence of Corruption in the 'Merit Selection'/Judicial Appointments Processes -- Involving the Front-Runners in the Current Electoral Races for New York Governor & U.S. Senator From New York: Eliot Spitzer & Hillary Rodham Clinton   
         [indicated copies to Sulzberger, Keller, Abramson, Michael Cooper, Danny Hakim, Jennifer Medina, Landman, Mullany, Taubman, Hernandez, Hicks, Healy, Haberman, Siegel, Calame, Fuchs]


CJA's October 27, 2006 memo to Sulzberger, Keller, Abramson, Collins, The Editorial Board -- THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE HEVESI SCANDAL-- AND THE MORE SIGNIFICANT YET-TO-BE-REPORTED SCANDALS that will throw open the non-competitive statewide races for Governor and Senator -- & the hardly competitive race for Attorney General -- for the benefit of all New Yorkers   
            [indicated copies to Siegel, Calame, Fuchs, Landman, Taubman, Mullany, Albany Bureau (Cooper, Hakim, Medina) Hernandez, Hicks, Healy, Eaton, Haberman]


CJA's October 30, 2006 memo to Sulzberger, Keller, Abramson, Collins, The Editorial Board -- THE HEVESI SCANDAL -- AND THE PLATFORM FOR DECEIT UPON THE PUBLIC IT IS PROVIDING TO ATTORNEY GENERAL SPITZER & GOVERNOR PATAKI, AMONG OTHERS
            [indicated copies to Siegel, Calame, Fuchs, Landman, Taubman, Mullany, Albany Bureau (Cooper, Hakim, Medina) Hernandez, Hicks, Healy, Eaton, Haberman]


CJA's December 27, 2006 memo to Adam Liptak, as member of the Advisory Board of the Program in Law & Journalism at NY Law School: --
"PROGRAM IN LAW & JOURNALISM: Building Scholarship, Commentary, & Pedagogy based on Primary Source Documentary Evidence, Beginning with the Evidence Presented by CJA’s Groundbreaking Public Interest Lawsuit against The New York Times in Vindication of the First Amendment – for which additionally, we seek amicus curiae and other legal assistance, either pro bono or paid"