>Doug quoted:
>> [The full list of articles is at
>> <http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/8173201.htm>. Two
>> are by Hitchens.]
>>
>> San Jose Mercury News - March 16, 2004
>>
>> GLOBAL MISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN WAS USED TO BUILD CASE FOR WAR
>> By Jonathan S. Landay and Tish Wells
>> Knight Ridder
>>
>> WASHINGTON - The former Iraqi exile group that gave the Bush
>> administration exaggerated and fabricated intelligence on Iraq also
>> fed much of the same information to newspapers, news agencies and
>> magazines in the United States, Britain and Australia.
>
>It looks like an effort to exonerate the Bushies by blaming foreigners.
Not really. It shows how credulous the press is when what they hear supports the government line.
Doug