BREAKING: Conned big time "CIA Witness" to White House Lying about Intel story found to be FRAUD

Capitol Hill Blue ^ | July 9, 2003 | Doug Thompson

[Lancey Howard]

A suggestion...instead of merely deleting the old articles, take the time to create a list, possibly for public consumption. I have no idea if I have ever read your work and if I did I have no idea what parts were compromised. If I saw the list, I would be able to protect myself from relying on the false information in the future

Ditto that.

[William McKinley]

I just posted this update to my blog:

Things are getting more interesting regarding the Terrance Wilkinson story.

Doug Thompson informs me that he did not sell that story to Japan Today. Japan Today got the story from Truthout.org. I had already exchanged emails with the editor of Japan Today, and was under the impression that the most they were going to do was print some denials by the White House, in tomorrow's edition.

I sent them the following email:

To: jteditor@japantoday.com

Subject: Re: "White House Admits Bush Lied"

I just had a bit of a dialog with Doug Thompson. I understand from him that you did not get the story from Capitol Hill Blue, but rather from "truthout.org".

That means 1) you printed a plaigerized story, and 2) it is a plaigerized story that is inaccurate in its headline and lead-in paragraph, and 3) it is a story containing quotations from a non-existant person.

How you handle this will speak to the integrity of your news organization.

Regards

So who is behind Truthout, and why are they plaigerizing false stories and pushing to get them peddled overseas? WHOIS information says the domain is registered to a Marc Ash of Los Angeles, California:

   Organization:
      Marc Ash
      Marc Ash
      767 S San Pedro St
      Los Angelos, CA 90014
      US
      Phone: 213-489-1971
      Email: admin@artfix.com

A brief Google search of Marc Ash suggests that he is not really interesting in getting the truth out as much as pushing leftist propaganda.

Which brings us back, again, to the story CHB broke before the Iraq war:

"Writers and broadcasters friendly to the Democratic cause have already been provided talking points... Capitol Hill Blue obtained a copy of the talking points... The talking points outline a strategy to raise public doubts of the President’s real intentions, including: ...--Claiming the Bush administration has “manufactured” evidence against Saddam Hussein and used that evidence to encourage Britain and other allies to join the American fight against Iraq;"

[Cicero]

Excellent question. Perhaps his earlier tips weren't attributed in the articles.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Well, I want to see a scanned version of the Business Card he gave Doug Thompson, I want the numbers and addresses for this guy. And I want to see it all posted right here at FreeRepublic.com.

Excellent idea, Registered. Doug - can you produce that stuff?

[Our man in washington]

Right, 1992. Geesh, don't tell me you saw me on television!

Man, I talk about one public mistake and make another!

[Registered]

"You can trust him, he's one of the good guys," one chief of staff told me"

I think we all assume wrongly that this CofS was GOP...and I want his/her name too!

[MJY1288]

I agree with you, If DT has been made a fool by this guy TW, then a detailed description of him along with scanned correspondance of snail mail or email shouldn't be too much to ask,

[Doug Thompson]

Sorry about the typos folks. When I discovered I had been had, I posted the story here while someone else was proofing it for publication on our home page (where it will remain for a while). They have been fixed in the story that runs at the top of our home page.

Doug

[unspun]

Kudos.

[Mo1]

Didn't that guy who wrote the op ed piece in New York Times claim that he was doing it for someone in the CIA????

Yes he did .. and I might as that he never wrote up a report about the so called information he found out

The only thing we know for sure is that he had mint tea with Amb. Owens-Kirkpatrick

[habs4ever]

Could Mark Ash cash checks from ANSWER?

[unspun]

...only adds to your veracity. ;-)

[IncPen]

I would think a photo or artist's sketch might be useful...

[habs4ever]

You have to do more, including ferreting out how and when you used his info and in which columns.I hope you will ask your sources who confirm his fraud to help you discover who he is, who pays him and what his pipeline of info contains.

Right now, your rep is in limbo, sadly to say.

[William McKinley]

Marc Ash...

ASH ALERT!

lol

[cyncooper]

You, Mr. McKinley, have performed admirably these last two days. I am in awe.

Thank you.

[Dog]

Who is Marc Ash??

[unspun]

I think this apology by Doug is a tad weak in the sense that Bush has been slimed in a big way and his character questioned. Now we see the story was picked up and printed elsewhere. Not to mention all those lame-brains over at DU and such that will parrot this article for the next decade after swallowing this article hook, line and s(t)inker.

Sometimes this kind of thing can have an effect for the good -- a little like the advance fire that forest rangers make, to prevent the forest fire from spreading -- or like, "Well, I have made one mistake: I thought I was wrong, when I was actually right."

[Right Wing Professor]

Just to say your instincts are awesome.

Any stocks you have a good feeling about ? :-}

[MaeWest]

Ash Alert?