[MindBender26]

administration sources speculated.

Speculated!"Speculated" is a guess with a Masters Degree in mis-direction, a Doctorate in deception, and a Bachelors in BS.

As an old Newsie, I can tell you how this story came about. A politically appointed GS-12 from the Department of Agriculture or some other war-critical agency (NOT) were sitting around, drinking Manhattans at L&N Seafood, the Palms, Tarra Thai or some other DC hotspot, when one remarked to another that a friend told a friend who told a friend that some GI got a hangnail and it wasn't reported..... and all the rest came from that.

No confirmation, no on the record reporting, no editor fact-checking!!!

As an old newsie.....I am ashamed of this story!!!!

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

spec·u·late (spky-lt)
v. spec·u·lat·ed, spec·u·lat·ing, spec·u·lates
v. intr.

1. To meditate on a subject; reflect.
2. To engage in a course of reasoning often based on inconclusive evidence. See Synonyms at think.
3. To engage in the buying or selling of a commodity with an element of risk on the chance of profit.

v. tr.

To assume to be true without conclusive evidence: speculated that high cholesterol was a contributing factor to the patient's health problems.

Im not even a newsie and im embarrased