[vbmoneyspender]

Rumsfeld has specifically denied this previously. In fact, he was questioned about this by a number of reporters about a month ago and his denial was specific and to the point. So what you are saying is that we should believe that Seymour "I lie when my pen moves" Hersh is a truthteller and Rumsfeld is a liar. I don't believe that for a second and until a better source than Seymour Hersh is obtained, neither should you.

[MississippiMan]

I don't remember Rumsfeld's earlier denial, so I'm basing it strictly on the transcript above, which is far from a hard denial. "I don't believe it" is a far cry from "it did not happen," and you can rest assured that Rumsfeld knows what's happening over there right now, especially something of this magnitude. And he qualified it by saying he knew of no major exodus, which left wriggle room. I'm no fan of the author, but I also don't believe in automatically discounting EVERYTHING reported if it can be seen as negative to the administration in any way. I believe we must be objective. If not, we're no different than the liberals who toe the party line.

MM

[Freedom of Speech Wins]

Someone just posted a Daily Telegraph story. Believe that is a better source.