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William Safire

• October 28 -- Safire Throws Waters on "Explosives" Story
Times columnists William Safire casts some doubt on the origins of the paper's "explosives" story: "I'm a little suspicious of any last-minute charge. First of all, we have to find out, is this true. Second, why, if we knew about it or if it was known for 18 months since it began, why did it suddenly surface the last week of the election campaign. And third, what was the motive of whoever leaked it."

• September 13 -- Safire Hails the Blogosphere
William Safire gives a hat tip to Internet bloggers who first uncovered evidence suggesting memos that aired on "60 Minutes" were forged.

• June 21 -- Safire vs. The Times
Columnist William Safire opens with a broadside against the Times' misleading front-page treatment of the 9-11 report, and then takes on the editorial page.

• May 19 -- Sarin? So What
An editorial soft-pedals the finding of deadly sarin gas in Iraq and pooh-poohs any possibility that it confirms Allied fears of Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction: "If laboratory tests confirm the presence of sarin, that finding may not tell us much about whether Saddam Hussein retained a hidden chemical arsenal after supposedly destroying it." Columnist William Safire thinks differently.

• July 25 -- Conservative Columnist Joins the Times