Jonathan Landay and McClatchy Newspapers Still Ignorant About Saddam’s Ties To Al Queda

Flopping Aces ^ | Friday, April 24th, 2009 at 5:56 am | Scott Malensek

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Earlier this week an article by Jonathan Landay was published by the failing McClatchy Newspapers. The article asserted that innumerable people had been tortured with the intent and purpose of proving a tie between Saddam Hussein’s regime and the Al Queda network of terrorist groups. The article asserted that there never were any ties between the two, and that the torturing of captured Al Queda terrorists was done largely to create a fictional narrative that would support the case for invading Iraq (let’s ignore that the alleged “torture” happened AFTER the invasion of Iraq-just as was done in the article).

I attempted to contact Jonathan Landay to nicely and politely inform him that the issue of regime ties had never been closed. He responded nicely, pointed me in the direction of a few reports, then categorically declared that no ties existed and that the intelligence community had known this all along, but the Bush Administration “cherry-picked” intelligence to make its case for war.

After that initial email, Jonathon refused to respond to further attempts at educating him. SO, here we go…

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

http://cancelthebee.blogspot.com/2009/04/new-info-confirms-revered-american.html

New info confirms revered American journalist worked for the KGB

I. F. Stone, a left-wing reporter who published I. F. Stone’s Weekly for several years and who is an icon for many journalists, worked for the KGB, according to recently-released KGB archival documents. More information about I. F. Stone’s work on behalf of the communists is coming to light thanks to an about-to-be-published book by John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr, and Alexander Vassiliev. More info here and here.

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

here are the links:

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/special-preview—i-f—stone—soviet-agent-case-closed-15120

http://pajamasmedia.com/ronradosh/2009/04/22/if-stone-soviet-spy/

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

I. F. Stone, McClatchy "journalist" and KGB agent

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

nice!

[Grampa Dave]

$oreA$$ is probably waiting to buy out the major Fishwraps when their stocks drop to penney stock values.

[Marine_Uncle]

Thanks for the great list of links on this subject.

[Marine_Uncle]

There are going to be a lot more people rounded up over the next year. I can see why they need to expand these prison facilities quickly.

[SunkenCiv]

Probably had the flu the day the editors discussed it with their writers. ;’)

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks for your additions....I love good threads with a lot of references...

[Steve Van Doorn]

wow thank you