[MightyMouseToSaveThe Day]

Here's what I don't understand: this admission is so damning, why did CNN feel the need to reveal it now--especially when they've successfully kept the secret under wraps for 12 yrs? What benefit did Jordan expect to derive from this late-breaking confession? Enlighten me?

[KingKongCobra]

He was cleansing his soul. I sense that he can not sleep well with his demons.

[Cicero]

See # 26.

[GeorgiaYankee]

Here's what I don't understand: this admission is so damning, why did CNN feel the need to reveal it now--especially when they've successfully kept the secret under wraps for 12 yrs? What benefit did Jordan expect to derive from this late-breaking confession? Enlighten me? >>>>>>>>>


My opinion:
One word: PRE-EMPTION. Eason Jordan was not the only one who knew this. CNN Baghdad bureau staffers knew it, including the Iraqi staffers who were kidnapped and tortured. He needed to put the story out before them, WITH HIS PROTECTIVE SPIN!! This was DAMAGE CONTROL, not a soul-cleansing confession.

[lawdude]

"What benefit did Jordan expect to derive from this late-breaking confession? Enlighten me?"

My guess is he knew it would eventually come out and (wisely) decided to minimize the harm. Doesn't look like it is working quite as well as he would have liked. I believe CNN should close down or just stick to filming Bill C's trysts with loose stars!

[Yeti]

What benefit did Jordan expect to derive from this late-breaking confession? Enlighten me?

He's trying to get to press with it before it is revealed by others, so he can control the way it comes out.

Were talking about treason, here -- aid and comfort to the enemy in time of war.

He wants to get it established in everyones mind as a "lesser of two evils" choice involving making journalistic compromises or some such. "My hands were tied!"

He wants it to have that momentum before the Administration starts talking about it.

He's confessing because it's about to come out. There is probably more involved than that to which he has confessed.