May 20, 2008 Re: Eric Lichtblauâs Unpersuasive Defense Of The New York Timesâ Failure To Print His Story On The NSAâs Illegal Electronic Spying In October 2004 - -A Time When The Story Could And Probably Would Have Resulted In Bush Losing The Election And Could Have Spared The Country Immense Disasters And Grief. Before I left for Germany not quite three weeks ago, I read Eric Lichtblauâs recent book, Bushâs Law. I planned to write a blog about a crucial aspect of it, but got temporarily side