Times' Definition of Terrorists

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The New York Times has refused to print the Pentagon's objections to an editorial asserting that the recent transfer of top Al Qaeda operatives means, "President Bush finally has some real terrorists in Guantanamo Bay."

Pentagon spokesman Dorrance Smith asked The Times for a correction, saying terrorists at the prison camp have included Usama bin Laden's personal bodyguards and Al Qaeda recruiters and calling the paper's assessment, "unfortunate."

But The Times declined to run the letter, much less issue a correction, explaining, "the phrase in question was meant to be somewhat lighthearted in tone."