Terrorism-making

Alterman:

Stop the Presses: “Wolfowitz Concedes Errors”  Meanwhile, the top intelligence official at the Homeland Security Department says new terrorists "are being made every single day on the streets of the Middle East,” and would not be surprised if we are attacked by a biological bomb or something.  Good thing we decided to back off fighting al Qaida in Afghanistan and investing in protecting our nuclear and chemical plants in order to do our part in the terrorism-making business in Iraq.  Perhaps that’s what Wolfowitz was thinking…

If any foreign power ever comes to occupy the United States in the name of democracy and decides to arrest our pundits for a little fraternity fun, like raping and murder, it’ll be interesting to see the following fellas cut to the front of the line: Rush Limbaugh, MSNBC fave, Michael Savage, Mark Steyn, Jonathan V. Last, and Oliver North.  Should be fun, dontcha think?  (I know it’s an unfair comparison; after all, 70-90 percent of the Iraqis arrested were innocent.)

Life is Complicated Department:  Today Sy Hersh is a hero to the media everywhere.  Seven years ago, he was supposedly washed-up, a figure of pity and ridicule from some of the same people who today sing his praises.  (I can’t bring myself to do the search to see if Howie is among them, but …)  Anyway, when Sy was down, I wrote this piece in Salon defending him.  Thing is, it’s complicated.  I got a call after the piece ran from Robert Sam Anson that led me to believe I’d been unfair to his piece and that some of the stuff he reported about Sy was awfully well-sourced.  I asked him to write a letter but he just wanted to let me know privately.  So I link to it with that caveat and withdraw the snide implications about Anson’s writing.

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