Hersh-is-at-it-again ping.
Posting some pertinent history. For the unfamiliar, Hersh is the point man for the left. We'll have to try to figure out what comes next and from whom.
WHO LIED TO WHOM? (The Original Seymour Hersh Article About Uranium and Niger That Started It All!) New Yorker FR 3-31-04
Seymour Hersh Bio NNDB
SEYMOUR HERSH Bio Available for Speaking Engagements
From The Lavin AgencySeymour Says Chicago Mag.com 5-2-02
Seymour Hersh, At the Front Lines On War Scandals
Hersh, 67, is of the story-is-more-important-than-me school and declined to be interviewed. "Oh my God, this is all so tedious," he told a Washington Post reporter who asked about his background in 2001. "What the hell does it have to do with anything I write?"
There is a trust-me aspect to Hersh's reporting, given his heavy reliance on unnamed sources. His latest piece quotes a "senior CIA official," "former high-level intelligence official," "military analyst," "government consultant" and "Pentagon consultant."
I see he is... and one squishy article from him is unfortunately sufficient to get the rest of the journalistic world busy repeating his spin.
The question then to be considered is...Why does he never get slapped down when he is proven wrong?