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| Sy Hersh has Gone 'round the Bend |
| 2009-03-13 |
| At a "Great Conversations" event at the University of Minnesota [Monday] legendary investigative reporter Seymour Hersh may have made a little more news than he intended by talking about new alleged instances of domestic spying by the CIA, and about an ongoing covert military operation that he called an "executive assassination ring." Hersh spoke with great confidence about these findings from his current reporting, which he hasn't written about yet. In an email exchange afterward, Hersh said that his statements were "an honest response to a question" from the event's moderator, U of M Political Scientist Larry Jacobs and "not something I wanted to dwell about in public." |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #5 talked about the patterns by which presidents seem to get intoxicated by executive power, frustrated by the limitations on that power from Congress and the public, drawn into... actions that exceed their constitutional powers Kind of hard to argue against this as a generality. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-03-13 22:25 |
| #4 So JSOC going after Lehman and Citibank execs? Bernie Madoff a marked man? Rangel and Dodd better get out of Dodge and to their Caribbean and Irish hideaways? |
| Posted by: ed 2009-03-13 22:12 |
| #3 Yeah, Sy. So secret nobody can ever prove it. Or disprove it. Just the kinda stories you like... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-03-13 22:06 |
| #2 Gone? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-03-13 21:58 |
| #1 I think Mondale and Hersh should take a piss test. If they include UCLU and garbage like the ones from Hollywood, am all for it. He is right about bad leaders, why he never mentioned the first drug dealer elected to office, Clinton... |
| Posted by: Whineter Sproing9941 2009-03-13 19:49 |