When I first read the Weisman piece, I couldn't believe what I was reading. His conclusions were palpably implausible.
Actually publishing the piece betrays either a.) it was designed as a hit piece, meant to confuse the issue and dump on the proposal from the outset, or b.) the editors were asleep at the switch, more ignorant even than the writer.
I can't bring myself to believe that editors for the Washington Post are quite that ignorant or incompetent. So, I'm betting it was the former...
I don't believe anything any of them say unless they can prove it.
Not knowing them personally, and having only their publication to judge them by - I can!