These articles were also cited in at least one book. I think there are a few reasons. By now journalists have read the series and they're figuring out how to tell this story in 12 inches because that's what most newspapers have the space to do these days. We don't know if this stuff is true. Let's just not run it.
Newspapers generally wait for official action before they do anything on their own.
The official action was the sentencing of Rick Ross . Maxine Waters to say something. And finally I think what turned it around was Gen. Barry McCaffrey coming out and saying we need an investigation. They've had this story for 10 years, saying we need an investigation. If anyone was interested they could have done it.