Mike Allen of Politico wins Media Putz of the Week award - ha ha

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http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/honors/158


Mike Allen Abuses Anonymity to Bash Obama over Releasing Torture Memos, Wins BuzzFlash's Media PUTZ


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You might not know who Mike Allen is, but you certainly know where he works: Politico. Allen wrote a story on Obama's consultations before releasing the torture memos on April 16. Toward the bottom of the story, Allen lets loose with his anonymous source:

A former top official in the administration of President George W. Bush called the publication of the memos "unbelievable."

"It's damaging because these are techniques that work, and by Obama's action today, we are telling the terrorists what they are," the official said. "We have laid it all out for our enemies. This is totally unnecessary. ... Publicizing the techniques does grave damage to our national security by ensuring they can never be used again -- even in a ticking-time- bomb scenario where thousands or even millions of American lives are at stake."

"I don't believe Obama would intentionally endanger the nation, so it must be that he thinks either 1. the previous administration, including the CIA professionals who have defended this program, is lying about its importance and effectiveness, or 2. he believes we are no longer really at war and no longer face the kind of grave threat to our national security this program has protected against."


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[edhopper]

1. You could just post this

every week :-D

[tularetom]

2. I've never seen a "journalist" so eager to suck up to the lunatic fringe as Mike Allen

Makes me wanna :puke: