So much for the Plame outing

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

The big story is that it certainly seems as if the conspiracy theory developed of revenge for a so-called (but laughable) investigation of Iraq seeking uranium is not true. And so many wanted it to be true.

Hold on a minute there. The Armitage leak does not make the Libby leak somehow 'go away.' What were the motives of the vice-president's office? (oh, and the Niger documents were rank forgeries, according to British, Italian, Israeli and American investigators ... so where are you getting any of your facts if not from conservative spin rags?)


As for whether journalists have a responsibility to consider the ramifications of publishing sensitive information ... certainly, they do. They fail at it quite often. But in a free society, I'm much more comfortable with that responsibility being in the hands of journalists rather than in the fists of government. The misjudgments and mistakes have to be accepted as part and parcel of the freedoms that protect us from fascism.

[Alex]

Hitchens is not the source for the story, he is responding to the story. Time (or Newsweek) broke the story. But I haven't taken the time to read that or much of the other writing on it since so I don't have an opinion yet.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

the Niger documents were rank forgeries, according to British, Italian, Israeli and American investigators ... so where are you getting any of your facts

Rank forgeries? Must have been from CBS and Dan Rather then.

When I have time I'll look up the stuff again. Deleted the bookmarks long ago.

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Rank forgeries? Must have been from CBS and Dan Rather then.

When I have time I'll look up the stuff again. Deleted the bookmarks long ago.

Here ya go- take your pick for source: Niger forgeries