By no means was I impuning Mr. Gertz's reliability. I have no doubt that he was accurately reporting the information he obtained, and that he regards that information as credible. I qualified my statement because an extraordinary claim requires extraordinary proof, and even skilled and honest journalists can be deceived or make mistakes. If this story is corroborated, or even not refuted, it is the hottest of hot potatoes.
To put it another way, I'll give even the French a fair trial before I hang them.
I knew what you were saying. Without going into how the data/evidence was obtained by our side, it is very reliable.
That data was relayed to Mr Gertz to do what he did in his two articles.
I'm all for a fair trial of the French Whore$!