Washington Post in 1977: "Misguided" and "Insulting" to Reject Militar
May 8th, 2006 2:19 PM
The Washington Post has yet to editorialize on the nomination of Air Force General Michael Hayden to replace Porter Goss as CIA Director, but they’ve already done a fine job of debunking the notion that a uniformed officer has no business running the civilian CIA. Of course, that was when a liberal president picked a liberal admiral to run the agency.Nearly 30 years ago, the Post sided with…
WaPo’s Dana Priest Doubts Accuracy of 'Hardball' Report on Plame/Ira
May 6th, 2006 8:03 PM
As reported by NewsBusters, MSNBC’s David Shuster declared on Monday’s “Hardball” that the “outing” of Valerie Plame Wilson negatively impacted America’s ability to track the development of nuclear weapons by Iran. Stephen Spruiell of National Review’s “Media Blog” reported Saturday that the Washington Post’s Dana Priest doubts the accuracy of Shuster’s claim. Apparently, during a WaPo live chat…
Bill Bennett Takes on Howard Kurtz Over Reporters and CIA Leaks
April 25th, 2006 12:52 AM
On CNN’s “The Situation Room” Monday, Bill Bennett and Howard Kurtz had an interesting debate over CIA leaks, the leakers, and journalists that report such information (hat tip to Expose the Left with video link to follow). This was an absolutely fabulous discussion between two folks on obviously opposite sides of an important issue facing our nation: should journalists that report leaked…