Posted on 01/13/2005 5:05:51 PM PST by CHARLITE
Cliff Kincaid, editor of Accuracy in Media (AIM), commented that, "Rather's reference to Abu Ghraib, in the context of preparing the bogus attack on Bush, demonstrates that the agenda of Rather and CBS was not only to sabotage Bush's re-election campaign but to undermine the war in Iraq. They were looking for 'big' stories to hurt the U.S. at home and abroad. The Abu Ghraib story on CBS inflamed the Arab/Muslim world against the U.S., inevitably costing the lives of more American soldiers in Iraq at the hands of fanatical Muslim terrorists."
AIM and Romerstein drew attention to another bombshell in the report--that CBS used David Hackworth to vouch for the authenticity of the fake documents. The report says that Hackworth, who writes a regular column running under the title "Defending America," accepted the fake memos used by CBS as legitimate and taped an interview for broadcast saying so.
In what can only be seen as a major blow to his credibility as a spokesman on military affairs, the CBS report (page 96) says that Hackworth was interviewed by Rather for the Guard story "as an expert to evaluate the documents that Mapes obtained from Lieutenant Colonel Burkett."
(Excerpt) Read more at aim.org ...
refused to go on FOX becuz they just don’t tell the truth.
Sounds to me like Fox fired him.
Six,
I agree. I liked Hack as first but his smarmy attitude got to me eventually. Besides that, his public criticism of the Commanding Generals and staffers during the war efforts was off-the-wall. I think Hack is a wanna-be General and those in the closest circles at those levels saw through his crap a long time ago...hence his departure from the US Army as a Colonel.
The CBS panel does indeed mention him and he comes off like a partisan hack.
You are right to an extent on all accounts. The fact is Hack has been fighting "yesterday's wars" since he left the Military.
He was crying the sky is falling before the First Gulf war (which the MSM conveniently forgets) - He was saying 20,000 body bags minimum to remove Saddam from Kuwait -
Hack has been deeped sixed by many in the Military years ago.
Is it just me or is the "timing" interesting? That email is April 2003...we entered Iraq in March 2003. Maybe that's when he started coming unglued on their shows. (pure speculation of course)
Agreed, but the news reports don't mention him at all.
It's my understanding that one of the Abu Graib guards under investigation (Grabener?) had an uncle who tried to blackmail the Pentagon to go easy on his nephew with the photos. The Pentagon told him to pound sand, so he released them, whether to Mapes directly, I don't know.
I remember those arrows and barbs being thrown -- say anything against Hackworth and you were the enemy.
See #19 for a more-informed post.
Hackworth and Scott Ritter should start rooming together.:)
And Hack did his "left turn" at nearly the same time and for the same reasons as Ritter, money and power.
Your hyperlink doesn't work.
What is the source url?
Wow thanks. Never heard Fast's name before.
See post 16
Hey, it could happen. All hack has to do is play like he's a little girl on the internet and then ritter can meet him at a burger king or something.
Never trust a guy in a turtle neck.
That's an established fact. The pictures came from the father of one of the accused soldiers. He gave them to the press to get back at the higher-ups in the military whom he though were unfairly prosecuting his son for his involvement.
i hope this report is true
Believe it. There is a transcript of (at least some of) Hackworth's interview in the report on CBS. Hackworth made a complete fool of himself. Any shred of credibility he had left went down the tubes in that report.
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