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

[Chad Fairbanks]

Did smallstuff go bye-bye, or is it just me?

[Carolinamom]

smallstuff has been banned.

[Mike the lurker]

"That said you're bordering on neurotic paranoia with that one."
Yes that's correct Fred. it's what your butty tood used to traffic in, you & anyone that agrees with you needs banning

Misspellings on purpose

[MJY1288]

Who punched the abuse button? I didn't

[dead]

Now what was the original title of this article? "White House admits Bush lied about Iraqi nukes"

Bing-friggin'-go!

I just signed on and I can't believe it took that long into the thread until somebody pointed that out.

After he was called on the fact that his original title and opening paragraph were a total lie (even if the rest of his story were true) he changed the title to something far less inflammatory. Now it turns out that his sole source (never took journalism 101?) was bogus so he lies about his original error in his "apology."

He can claim it was just amateurish and pathetic journalism by an obvious hack, but that's just a little CYA action after he got caught.

[GOPJ]

It's easy to know the right thing to do, it's just hard to do it. You've come clean and my hats off to you. Thanks.

[beckett]

...I collaborated his information...

A freudian slip if I ever saw one.

[Fred Mertz]

Are you saying that Saddam Hussein should still be in power?

At least you seem to intimate that he's still alive, unlike the March 2003 mantra that the administration was trying to shove down our throats.

[MJY1288]

Nope, I think he is now swimming with the fishes

[Pan_Yans Wife]

He says he deleted all of the articles, all of the quotes, everything... and has lawyered up.

This really makes me wonder.

A retraction is nice, but why delete all of the information? Do journalists usually delete everything... and if they did, how could you dig deeper?

I mean, if Jayson Blair had deleted everything, how could the NYTimes have done all of their research, and then printed PAGES of corrections. Don't you need the evidence, so that the apology has weight?

And, just how many articles was this "source" ever quoted in? More than one? Which ones?

[MJY1288]

You must really miss Todd, cause if you keep up with that language you'll be with him before you know it

[arasina]

You know, SevenofNine, you're funny. (in a good way) Unique. I always enjoy reading your posts and I don't think I've ever posted to you directly. I don't know where you get YOUR SevenofNine name, but I'm the 7th out of 9 children myself.

[SandRat]

So tell us Doug, are you working with real agents now to help them find out just exactly who this guy was and who he was working for?

It would be too too great if it turned out it was the DNC running this guy.

[Miss Marple]

Exactly what is your contribution to this thread?

So, do you believe Doug Thompson or not? More specifically, did you believe his "Bush Lied" story, or do you believe him now?

[SandRat]

By the way it's now 2033 MST here in Arizona on the border and there has not been a single "peep" out of any of the media moguls with fancy hair on this.

Wonder why???????

[PhiKapMom]

What bothers me is if this guy was really a source to Thompson, who else was he a source to?

[Fred Mertz]

I believe this Doug Thompson snafu is a pimple in the big picture. But it gives many freepers something to dwell upon as big news. That's my take on it. Thanks for axing.

[MJY1288]

"Exactly what is your contribution to this thread? "

It's the same as it always is... instigating flame wars

[Luis Gonzalez]

Good work Mr. McKinley.