Shades of the Pentagon Papers

Hidden in the bowels of today's article re the White House snooping on Americans is this (courtesy of Intel Dump):

• The White House asked The New York Times not to publish this article, arguing that it could jeopardize continuing investigations and alert would-be terrorists that they might be under scrutiny. After meeting with senior administration officials to hear their concerns, the newspaper delayed publication for a year to conduct additional reporting. Some information that administration officials argued could be useful to terrorists has been omitted.

Does this increase the likelihood that this article, in fact, is stating reality? I guess we should be thankful that legal action was not threatened.