Re: Dan Kennedy on Reliable Sources

["Dan Billings" <billings@suscom-maine.net>]

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From: "Sean Smyth" <ssmyth@suscom.net>
To: "Dan Billings" <billings@suscom-maine.net>;
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Subject: Re: Dan Kennedy on Reliable Sources


> but the above incident wasn't as
> black-and-white as you seem to think.

It's pretty black and white when you consider that the other two targets
were not notified but they were lured back to Iraq and killed.  Jordan
excuses his actions by saying that the meeting was off the record.
Reporters should generally respect such off the record agreements, but even
lawyers are allowed to break client confidentiality when a client tells them
of future criminal actions that put someone in danger.  When you put the
incident in the context of the other incidents that were not reveled and
what happened with Collins, it's pretty clear that CNN's bottom line was
staying in Iraq at all costs.

-- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine