> It was sad to see how Webb was taken down. The SJ Mercury first boasted about the
> story & then attacked Webb, who then became seen as a conspiracy theorist by many,
> even though, as Carol mentioned, he was mostly proven to be correct. Seymour Hersh
> seems to be the only one who can successfully rattle cages -- and even he would
> probably not be welcome in any of the elite centers of journalism.
>
This is sad news. Webb was a fine journalist. And "Dark Alliance" is an excellent book.
Chuck