The New York Times Judgment?

It is truly hard for me to believe that The New York Times made the conscience decision to publish the story revealing the United States Government classified program via the CIA & Treasury Department to monitor international financial transactions to help win the war on terror. Mr. Bill Keller, Executive Editor said that, "Revealing the program wouldn't harm the national security" and thus gave the go ahead to publish the story. I didn't know that Mr. Keller had worked for the CIA and Treasury Department and thus had the proper knowledge to know if harm would result from revealing the classified program? As a matter of fact, Mr. Keller's own resume reveals he has worked only in the journalism industry and has never worked for the CIA, the Treasury Department or for that matter the Department of Defense. Maybe when the editors of the New York Times have to make similar decisions in the future, they should apply the "Abe Lincoln test". Simply take a piece of paper and draw a line straight down the middle, vertically. Now, in the left column, write who would benefit from publishing the story in question. In the right column, write who would be harmed from the publishing of the story. If the word TERRORIST, (remember those folks who cut off American heads on TV), ever appear in the left column, please do not publish the story. Publishing such a story means you would be aiding and abetting the enemy.
Stay tuned,
Elizabeth