Former Times reporter Kurt Eichenwald has written a long, vehement, must-read letter, providing his own time-line of his meeting and interactions with Justin Berry, the subject of his online kiddie-porn story of December, 2005. He also describes his fight with the Times over disclosing his interactions with Berry, and says that he's begun legal proceedings against Debbie Nathan, a reporter who he describes as "a woman who has a vendetta against me." He describes her account of Justin Berry's recent courthouse appearance as "misleading and false." He is also totally, totally pissed off.

Eichenwald now knows why news biz has a bad reputation [Romenesko]