He has just admitted that this was a blatant and deliberate lie ("Each time I visited, I became more distressed by what I saw and heard — awful things that could not be reported because doing so would have jeopardized the lives of Iraqis, particularly those on our Baghdad staff."). Not only did he cover up for Saddam's regime, he couldn't even maintain a discreet silence about it, but went and did an interview in which he lied through his damned face about CNN's "forthright" reporting.
EASON JORDAN: We'd very much like to be there if there's a second war; but-- we are not going to make journalistic compromises in an effort to make that happen, being mindful that in wartime there is censorship on all sides, and we're prepared to deal with a certain amount of censorship as long as it's not-- extreme, ridiculous censorship where -- which we've actually seen a number of cases in previous conflicts -- not just with Iraq. But-- sure! We want to be there, but it's --we don't want to be there come hell or high water. We want to be there if we can be there and operate as a responsible news organization.
Them more I find out about this, the more depressed and angry I get.