[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?

[PhiKapMom]

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