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October 29, 2006
Correcting The Record
Stung by what they believe to be factually inaccurate reporting in the media, the Department of Defense is fighting back. There is a new section on the Defenselink website called For The Record devoted to challenging press accounts of recent events.
Here is a recent entry:
The New York Times on “Real Terrorists” A “lighthearted” matter?Oct. 27, 2006 —This week’s exchange with the New York Times isn’t the first time the Department of Defense has expressed concern about inaccuracies in a Times editorial.
A September 7 editorial (“A Sudden Sense of Urgency”) asserted that, with the transfer of 14 high-value terrorist suspects to Cuba, “President Bush finally has some real terrorists in Guantánamo Bay.” In fact, those held prior to the transfer included personal bodyguards of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda recruiters, trainers, and facilitators. Another individual held at Guantánamo was Mohamed al-Kahtani, believed to be the intended 20th hijacker on September 11th.The Times declined to issue a correction, noting that “the phrase in question was meant to be somewhat lighthearted in tone and not literal.”
Read the full exchange here.
I say good for the Department of Defense. We're in an information war, and unfortunaly many in the press have acted quite irresponsibly and deserve to be challenged.
Posted by Tom at October 29, 2006 8:58 PM
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Tom, it's about dadgum time! I believe it's taken Rummy this long to get rid of some of the entrenched partisan bureaucracy! I'm sure Dr. Rice is trying to do the same house cleaning at state, and I hope the AG is doing it too. I'm not sure if Martinez is having much luck though. President Bush's interview with Rush earlier this week, when Rush told him how upset we are that no one has been brought to justice against these NYT leakers, he said there is a "task force" as Justice working on it. Depends upon who is on the task force...them or us!
Posted by: DagneyT at November 3, 2006 3:54 PM
