Did Mike Allen casually discuss * being AWOL in his TG stenopool job?

As 'everybody' knows (and he's PROUDER than proud to tell all the world), Mike Allen, Washington Post, was one of the handful of "journalists" who sneaked into Baghdad with the squatter a few days ago.

He wrote gushingly about it, and was scheduled to be a guest on WGN radio's laughably titled "Unconventional Wisdom" tonight, but cancelled at the last moment.....probably still in surgery to get his tonsils unwrapped from Andy Card's (or whoever it was) you know what.

I couldn't bring myself to read such twaddle, now,especially after listening to Jim Warren, Chicago Tribune, reading from it for 10 minutes straight tonight onair.

here's the best/worst part. If the following bit is in Allen's verbal lavage (he MAY have been quoting Allen from a personal conversation), I'm surprised it hasn't been commented upon here/thread started, cause I think it's an eye into the slimy little world of the Washington Press Poo(d)l(e)s.

to clarify, that would be, in homage to Tony Blair, Press Poodles, 'Poodles' replacing Pools

I have to go, but the circomultorious point is that Allen, engaged in conversation with the Bloomberg News stenographer, shared comments about them "Both being AWOL" with the 'president', as a result of all the lying, secrecy surrounding this little hejira.

The implications of this are OBvious: press corps is very familiar with the lying deserter's little secret, but reFUSES to EVER discuss it. what gives? more later.........I talked with Warren about the trip, but he cut me off before I could get to the AWOL bit.