Statement from Pentagon Spokesman Lawrence DiRita on Latest Seymour Hersh Article
The Iranian regime’s apparent nuclear ambitions and its demonstrated support for terrorist organizations is a global challenge that deserves much more serious treatment than Seymour Hersh provides in the New Yorker article titled “The Coming Wars.”
Mr. Hersh’s article is so riddled with errors of fundamental fact that the credibility of his entire piece is destroyed.
Mr. Hersh’s source(s) feed him with rumor, innuendo, and assertions about meetings that never happened, programs that do not exist, and statements by officials that were never made.
The DoD, in short, just fisked Hersh’s article. Read. Hat tip to Kate at small dead animals. I like her take on it.
Of course a very clever sort of chap could feed Hersh enough BS to get the story written, then carefully study the latest satelite pix from eastern Iran for signs of hurried patches to the security arrangements around the baby milk factories.
An even cleverer sort would have helped Hersh write the story, then, after getting the new satelite pix, point out the obvious faults, discrediting Hersch into the bargain. Twofers!
Comment by Billll — 18 Jan, 2005 @ 22:49