“Bush Goes Public With Terror Study” headlines the Los Angeles Times this morning.

Times staffer Greg Miller spends a considerable portion of his 1,457 word piece quoting from the newly declassified portions of a National Intelligence Estimate.

But does the Times provide a way for readers to see that document for itself? After all, it’s 1,203 words — about 20% shorter than Miller’s piece. And Miller spends a portion of his piece describing how the analysis in the NIE excerpt is weighted.

The answer, as LAT-watchers have come to expect, is no. As usual, LATimes.com provides no links to publicly available source material. The reader is expected to rely on the LAT’s interpretation of the document.

The New York Times and Washington Post understand that people using the internet to get news might want to see more — both stories have links to the excerpts from the NIE. Each has a copy on their website.

Meanwhile, the LAT drives readers to other, more networked news sources, or Google.

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Think this will make the network news? The Washington Post says in their article:

“Democratic claims of an administration coverup seemed less justified yesterday as it became apparent that the complete classified report had been made available to lawmakers within days of its completion in April.”

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