To take the position that he by not being part of the press club is a lesser creature is both offensive and irrelevant. While it is extremely convenient that the NYT has condescended to take the leaked material, excuses such as feeling journalistic duty bound to inform sound so mealy mouthed that they should just shut up and eat. The traditional fourth estate should not be sounding so smug as they are just as guilty of gobbling up what is fed to them.