"Kurt never told me that he suffers from memory loss, and to the best of my knowledge he didn't tell any editor here," wrote Times business editor Larry Ingrassia--who oversaw Mr. Eichenwald's controversial child pornograpahy story--in an email to The Observer.

Mr. Eichenwald revealed in an interview today with NPR that he has long-term memory loss due to a battle with epilepsy.

Mr. Eichenwald did inform Portfolio editor-in-chief Joanne Lipman that he has memory disruptions, but only in one of their final conversations together, two sources said. He later resigned from the glossy magazine.