tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post4146704176308354303..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Seymour Hersh on the War on Terror and the Killing of Osama bin LadenThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-54161452015726950352015-05-13T11:37:06.579-07:002015-05-13T11:37:06.579-07:00Steve, I have no idea. None at all.Steve, I have no idea. None at all.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-45115408142587019322015-05-13T07:48:13.413-07:002015-05-13T07:48:13.413-07:00I wonder if the whole Watergate affair was not a b...I wonder if the whole Watergate affair was not a brushball for Nixion. Was Bob Woodward a CIA asset at the time. Did the Washington Post ever post a single word that did not meet CIA approval.<br /><br />Goverment has become <a href="http://thinkingaboot.blogspot.ca/2015/05/goverment-by-showbusiness.html" rel="nofollow">more showbusiness</a> than institituional pilliars.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-48858999873327261652015-05-12T11:24:26.449-07:002015-05-12T11:24:26.449-07:00Anonymous said..., "Hersh really have a stayi...Anonymous said..., "Hersh really have a staying power.<br /> I mean, power to stay above the ground after spilling so many secrets..."<br /><br />Shortly after his My Lai expose I met Seymour Hersh. (He would not remember me.) He was very nervous, afraid of a government that did not like being exposed. He said that the FBI was tracking his every move. J. Edgar Hoover was FBI Director at that time and certainly have done so. So, yes Anonymous, I agree. <br /><br />Fortunately, Americans understand a free press much better than Canadians. While those who own media do what they can to suppress much news they do tolerate it when stories they don't like rise to the surface.Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-69511746374184492922015-05-11T16:01:37.996-07:002015-05-11T16:01:37.996-07:00A..non - a chilling thought.A..non - a chilling thought.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-81560191134569123412015-05-11T16:00:56.988-07:002015-05-11T16:00:56.988-07:00Full marks, PLG. I think he was the only one who r...Full marks, PLG. I think he was the only one who rose to head the Joint Chiefs and become Secretary of State.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-76507909976226065222015-05-11T15:50:42.983-07:002015-05-11T15:50:42.983-07:00Hersh really have a staying power.
I mean, power t...Hersh really have a staying power.<br />I mean, power to stay above the ground after spilling so many secrets...<br />A..nonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-10835168156759626242015-05-11T14:54:06.166-07:002015-05-11T14:54:06.166-07:00I have this vague recollection about Colin Powell....I have this vague recollection about Colin Powell.Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-54409511467370576842015-05-11T14:53:24.799-07:002015-05-11T14:53:24.799-07:00You mean there was only one?!You mean there was only one?!Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-91319927873957948072015-05-11T13:56:42.361-07:002015-05-11T13:56:42.361-07:00Trivia question for you, Toby. What person, later ...Trivia question for you, Toby. What person, later to become a major player in the US government, was active in the attempted cover-up of the My Lai atrocity?The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-50467721466430270732015-05-11T13:36:56.343-07:002015-05-11T13:36:56.343-07:00Hersh does his research. He is more likely to be ...Hersh does his research. He is more likely to be right than his critics who are probably covering their tails. Tobynoreply@blogger.com