[lbo-talk] Moore had advance info on Abu Ghraib

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At 1:06 PM -0400 6/15/04, Doug Henwood wrote:
>"I had it months before the story broke on '60 Minutes,' and I 
>really struggled with what to do with it," Moore told the San 
>Francisco Chronicle. "I wanted to come out with it sooner, but I 
>thought I'd be accused of just putting this out for publicity for my 
>movie.

ISTM he has a point. He would have been attacked and denounced by the 
right wing *and* the Administration *and* the defenders of the 
military. This might have caused the  footage (assuming he had any) 
to be questions, and given the relevant commanding officers time to 
cover up the stuff.