15 September 2004

I trust you twice as much as I did before

[source]

We established to our satisfaction that the memos were accurate or we would not have put them on television. There was a great deal of coroborating [sic] evidence from people in a position to know. Having said that, given all the questions about them, we believe we should redouble our efforts to answer those questions, so that’s what we are doing.

Andrew Hayward, President of CBS News

Of course. Double of nothing is still nothing.

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We're busy beavers

As we track the fake memo scandal, it’s important to remember that CBS has another recently reported story that’s cracking up. Remember the alledged Israeli spy, looking at secret documents and influencing policy? CBS hopes not.

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Did something get in the water supply?

[source, source]

The [US] State Department said Wednesday that Saudi Arabia has engaged in “particularly severe violations” of religious freedom and for the first time included the kingdom, a key U.S. ally, on a list of countries that could be subject to sanctions.

A department report assessing the state of religious freedom worldwide said that in Saudi Arabia, freedom of religion does not exist and is not recognized or protected under the country’s laws.

Wow. I’m stunned.

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With a whimper

The Fallujah Brigade has been disbanded last week. It basically went over to the caliphascists due to infiltration and intimidation.

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