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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCNN Reveals Finding Ambassador Christopher Stevens' Journal And Discloses Reporting With It
NEW YORK -- Anderson Cooper revealed Friday night that CNN had found U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens' personal journal following the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi that killed him and acknowledged the network used the journal in its reporting without previously disclosing the source.
On Wednesday on his show, "Anderson Cooper 360," Cooper told Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) that "a source familiar with Ambassador Stevens' thinking told us that in the months before his death he talked about being worried about the never-ending security threats that he was facing in Benghazi and specifically about the rise in Islamic extremism and growing al Qaeda presence." The source, Cooper continued, "also mentioned [Stevens] being on an al Qaeda hit list."
But what Cooper didn't reveal at the time was that CNN's sourcing was tied, at least partially, to Stevens' thinking as written in his personal journal.
The Huffington Post reached out to CNN Friday afternoon after receiving a tip that the network may have obtained Stevens' journal. CNN had no immediate comment, but referred to Cooper's comments after they aired.
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nanabugg
(2,198 posts)Hey Jude
(67 posts)Could get to Benghazi?
Some real shit better hit the fan, and it had better come from the President and his Secretary of State real quick!
former9thward
(31,802 posts)The consulate was looted long before the FBI, etc. were on the scene.
dkf
(37,305 posts)The senators did say they got more info from the press than the press conference.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)used it as an info base. This journal should have been turned over to government authorities.
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)Like vultures.
If they had the sole copy, then it was "We'll give you what you need to solve the crime...after we're done using it for our own gain."
Nice way to honor the guy whose writing they used.