White House censors NYT op-ed

The White House has censored an op-ed in the Times that describes the WH rejection of diplomatic overtures from pre-Ahamdinejad Iran, and other failures in their policy towards Iran. The redacted portions of the op-ed describe events previously covered fully in the media. The article draws all of its information from a publicly available paper

Redacted op-ed ("Redacted Version of Original Op-Ed", NYT 12/22/06)

Explanatory op-ed by authors ("What We Wanted to Tell You About Iran", NYT 12/22/06)

The original paper [pdf] by Flynt Leverett (co-author of the op-ed), containing all information redacted from the op-ed by the White House

Background from blogger Steve Clemmons