Coombs Writes The Nation

To the editor:

George Archibald, a former employee of The Washington Times, is virtually the only named source in Max Blumenthal’s article, Hell of a Times. He also is clearly the overall architect of the piece.

Mr. Archibald resigned under pressure from The Times in August 2005. In a series of e-mails beginning Oct. 25 and in a meeting in my office between Christmas and New Year’s Day, he pleaded to come back but was not rehired for well-documented reasons that he is thoroughly aware of.