A Compelling Story( Dan Froomkin) On Murray Waas

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A Compelling Story

By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Friday, March 31, 2006; 10:54 AM



Slowly but surely, investigative reporter Murray Waas has been putting together a compelling narrative about how President Bush and his top aides contrived their bogus case for war in Iraq; how they succeeded in keeping charges of deception from becoming a major issue in the 2004 election; and how they continue to keep most of the press off the trail to this day.

What emerges in Waas's stories is a consistent White House modus operandi: That time and time again, Bush and his aides have selectively leaked or declassified secret intelligence findings that served their political agenda -- while aggressively asserting the need to keep secret the information that would tend to discredit them.

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But in the traditional media, the reaction has been utter and complete silence -- both after Waas's well-documented March 2 story, and again today. There's not one word about it in a single major outlet this morning.


And that's just not acceptable. Waas's fellow reporters at major news operations should either acknowledge and try to follow up his stories -- or debunk them. It's not okay to just leave them hanging out there. They're too important.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/03/31/BL2006033100695_pf.html

Laura Rozen suggests:
How about it: Murray Waas v. Pat Roberts on the next Russert?
http://www.warandpiece.com/blogdirs/003951.html

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1. This was at the WP blog?

Wonder if any reporters will respond? Or are they too afraid they'll lose their jobs?

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2. its the fucking elephant in the corner of the room