“We probably did 20 stories on the intelligence failures†leading to the terrorist attacks, she said.Ms. Abramson added, “I can’t say with authority that there is nothing new in it.†But if there were an important nugget of news, she said, The Times would follow up on it.Eric Schmitt, who covers national security, and with Thom Shanker, is the co-author of “Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America’s Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda,†agreed.“Kurt’s a great reporter, and each of these books adds to the body of literature,†Mr. Schmitt said. “You can always keep peeling back the layers of the onion.â€