Outside of Wilson–there are many more examples. On July 16 the NYT admitted in its corrections that three stories it wrote beginning on June 2 charging that Chalabi’s INC had provided US intel with the false informant “Curveball” had come from “an unnamed CIA official”, and that, in fact, German intel had provided him to us.

Is the CIA berserk. If not, why are so many “unnamed CIA officials” consistently peddling false information to credulous reporters to hurt the WOT and the Administration?

http://www.suntimes.com/output/steyn/cst-edt-steyn18.html

By “very good piece” I mean substantially better than Mark’s usual excellence.

Nice addition from the French. Any chance Paul Simon will sing it at the Democratic convention?

Matt–

You are correct. Wilson did win $10,000 for supposed truth-telling (it’s mentioned in Matt Continetti’s article in the Weekly Standard). And no, he has not given it back.

We rid the world of a nasty regime, and have also exposed the terrorists for the murdering lot they are: Killers of other muslims and supporters of regimes like Iraq.

If there was a cash prize you can be sure the fine print was that it was for “Speaking Higher Truths to Power”.

I’m sure you’re being sarcastic with this comment but I am absolutely astounded as to the way the past two years has brought out the absolute worst in liberal associates of mine. I have lost friends over politics – I have listened to the F9-11/LLL drone from one formerly close friend and business associate of mine that I literally cannot stand to listen to him anymore- he follows the moveon talking points lockstep and while he’s always been very left, we used to be able to find common ground. Now we can’t- because every issue that comes up, he somehow relates to Bush. Two examples came up last week – the Sy Hersch story on child rape, which was accepted as gospel before its even published and immediately attributed to the administrations lack of oversight and denial of the former problems at Abu Ghiraib (I refuse to use the buzzword “attrocities” – Hussein’s mass graves were attrocities- panties on somebody’s head and humiliating photos, while wrong, do not rise to the level of attrocities). The other was the situation with Allawi, which was also blamed on the administration, as they were apparently propping up a “violent madman”. Both of these stories are unsubstantiated and vague at best and at worst, are outright lies- but my formerly rationale associate asserts them as the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

It is incredibly disheartening to see that the LLL has literally lost tough with reality in order to undermine the sitting president. But if you accuse them of doing so, you have Teddy Roosevelt quotes thrown in your face, about how the president should be questioned and the failure to do so is treason.

Inquiring minds want to know.

What’re we gonna tell John-John…

What’re we gonna tell the French

When they say Ooh, non, non!

Meanwhile, in answer to Roger’s question: I wonder if the Sydney Morning Herald will have the morals to let him go.

Have the whats? This is the Sydney Morning Herald we’re talking about here, not, say, the National Enquirer. Yes, there was once a newspaper with the same name, but those days are long gone. These past few years the SMH hasn’t been fit to line the budgie’s cage.