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WaPo Credibility Vanishes with Richard Shelby

Submitted by Bob Fertik on May 24, 2009 - 3:33pm

On Saturday, the Pentagon Post decided to "double down" on the failed Republican smear of Nancy Pelosi, as Marcy Wheeler describes:

Here's the WaPo's math, then, if I'm reading the sourcing correctly here: Two Democratic members of Congress, one Republican member of Congress, one Republican staffer, and one of the intelligence briefers (and Graham's meticulous notebooks, plus another former intelligence official who was familiar with the intent of the briefing), all supporting an argument that they weren't briefed that torture was already used. Those five or six people, against Richard Shelby's story, which was at first quite wishy-washy. According to the WaPo, it did that math and decided it would write a story about irresolvable conflict.

So the Pentagon Post is staking its entire credibility on Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL). How credible is Shelby? Here's what he told John King this morning:

KING: Vice President Cheney wants other memos released. Should we just have full disclosure on all fronts here, transparency, let the American people decide?

SHELBY: Well, that's a tough road to go down. What we are basically doing is weakening our intelligence agencies and we will pay dearly for that. I was in that meeting, Senator Graham, Congressman Goss, Congresswoman Pelosi at that time, four of us were in the meeting.

Really? All the others - Graham, Goss, Pelosi, and even the CIA! - agree Shelby (and Graham) were not at the briefing for Pelosi and Goss on 9/4/02. Marcy gives Shelby the "respect" he richly deserves:

Uh, if four of you were in the meeting, then the CIA's records are wrong, which means we shouldn't trust their version of that briefing. And if not--as seems to be the case--then Shelby's wrong even about the basic circumstances of the briefing.  Shelby's follow-on, "they are the ones that were there. It has been seven years" seems like a giant hedge. Or maybe a confession on Shelby's part that even when he's "there," he's not all there. 

ROTFL! And once again the Pentagon Post got punk'd when it staked its credibility on a Republican.

Newt and Dick

Submitted by pepawjoe0943 on May 25, 2009 - 8:30am.

These two Bozo's are on a mission to keep stirring up as much bullshit as possible. Neither has any interest in what serves the government or the people of the United States. Their goal is to simply keep the Repuds goal of not supporting our government in any way, shape, form, or fashion, out of touch with reality.
If the major news medias would simply say NO to these dessenters of Reality, and the truth, they both would go back under the rock where they reside. Freedom of speech does not include broad casting to the world too.
These two, and a few more dessenters in the Repud party, have no intent to support the American People in any form.