----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Denton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 11:48 AM Subject: Re: Special forces 'on the ground' in Iran
> On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 10:47:34 -0600, Dan Minette > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Martin Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 11:35:17 -0500, Damon Agretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Is there a second source confirming this? I've always had some doubts > > about > > > > the Guardian... > > > > > > The Guardian is reporting a story in the New Yorker. > > > > One interesting comment on Seymore Hearsh...he is an investigative reporter > > who finds 300% of breaking stories. Sometimes, he is dead on. Other > > times, his willingness to go with a story that has not been properly cross > > confirmed. An example of the latter was a story, early in Afghanistan war, > > about a massive, failed, fatal US effort. I remember seeing him on TV > > describing it. Since it's hard to believe that the death of a number of > > American servicemen could be hidden for 3 years, this provides an example > > of him trusting a source that he shouldn't. > > > > So, a Seymore Hearsh article should be a heads up that something _may_ be > > happening, but not confirmation that something _is_ happening. > > Hersh has great contacts in the CIA, State Dept., and the DoD. He does. But, those contacts also use him in internal political games. >If he reported there was a number of American deaths in an Afghan operation > count on it. If so, I wonder why the families still don't know their loved ones are dead....three years later. He reported on massive casualties early in the war, and we never ever saw them. FWIW, I maintain an informal running tally on "inside information" statements by various people. I've seen Hearsh make statements that should have been verifyable later...but were not verified....the predictions just faded away. I think it strains credibility to think that the US government could cover up massive losses of American soldiers for more than a couple of weeks. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
