[r9etb]

Color me suspicious. Where would Alexander Cockburn get a copy of JF'nK's war diary?

[dead]

Bob Packwood sent it to him before he didn't.

[Dems_R_Losers]

Cockburn is a pretty intrepid guy. It would not surprise me if some of the old VVAW lefties has copies of Kerry's diaries that he gave them during his war-protesting days and were all too happy to turn them over to Mr. Cockburn. The real question is will Graydon Carter print the story in Vanity Fair?

[Bob]

Color me suspicious. Where would Alexander Cockburn get a copy of JF'nK's war diary?

Since he's a leftie ally and presumably 'safe', the campaign probably thought he would use it to promote their candidate. Maybe they thought wrong.

[CatoRenasci]

Suspicious, of course, but Alexander Cockburn is a very well-connected lefty journalist who is very bright and competent (even when I think he's a nutcase). He's done very good work over the years. If there's somebody in the Kerry campaign who's a hardcore leftist who think's Kerry has sold out, and wants him out of the way for a more clearly leftist candidate (Hillary! to the Rescue?), I can seem that person slipping a copy of Kerry's diaries to Cockburn. Hell, maybe Brinkley - who we know has had access to the diary - is tired of being used, but wants plausbile deniability in case Kerry isn't knocked out of the box. He'd be a natural to pass a copy to a guy who can write as acerbically as Cockburn.

[hobson]

Me too. Wouldn't this contradict what the VVFT are saying?

[mass55th]

"Color me suspicious. Where would Alexander Cockburn get a copy of JF'nK's war diary?"

Probably the same place they found Hilter's Diaries.