http://skaroff.com/blog/index.php/2005/07/26/smoke-and-mirrors/ coming at you intermittently from the City of Brotherly Love Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:55:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://skaroff.com/blog/index.php/2005/07/26/smoke-and-mirrors/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Lisa Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:58:44 +0000 http://skaroff.com/blog/?p=131#comment-156 While I'm not optimistic about any congressional hearings on this issue, I think a discussion/debate about leaks would be very valuable... maybe on "Justice Talking" or some such forum. Leaks have been a primary way that the Bush administration has gotten its viewpoint into the mainstream media. Judith Miller was a long-time conduit of misinformation leaked from people like Rove and Chalabi; and her "reporting" in large measure shaped the widespread public perception that there were WMDs in Iraq that warranted an invasion. Now we see the administration using leaks to destroy other people. OTOH, leaks have led to the exposure of many misdeeds on the part of both government and private industry. I actually find it quite startling that leaks from the grand jury and Fitzgerald's committee find their way into the news with regularity every day. I can only guess that these are intentional leaks, but I haven't quite figured out why. While I’m not optimistic about any congressional hearings on this issue, I think a discussion/debate about leaks would be very valuable… maybe on “Justice Talking” or some such forum. Leaks have been a primary way that the Bush administration has gotten its viewpoint into the mainstream media. Judith Miller was a long-time conduit of misinformation leaked from people like Rove and Chalabi; and her “reporting” in large measure shaped the widespread public perception that there were WMDs in Iraq that warranted an invasion. Now we see the administration using leaks to destroy other people. OTOH, leaks have led to the exposure of many misdeeds on the part of both government and private industry. I actually find it quite startling that leaks from the grand jury and Fitzgerald’s committee find their way into the news with regularity every day. I can only guess that these are intentional leaks, but I haven’t quite figured out why.

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