Thursday, July 15, 2004

Child rape? Or disinformation?

The truth may be leaking out. Seymour Hersh has told an audience that American interrogators in Iraq raped children. With cameras rolling, no less.

Is this allegation true? If so, then why hasn't Hersh published the scoop?

I can't help wondering if some covert operative may have fed Hersh this data. Disprove the "child-rape" allegation, and everything else Hersh has said, even if perfectly accurate, will be tossed into the toilet. Worse, the radio right will scream for weeks about agenda-driven liberal liars in the media.

Hersh has been misled by sources before. The "Marilyn Monroe" mini-scandal comes to mind.

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