On Iran Allegations, Consider the Source [1]
Submitted by Diane Farsetta [2] on
On February 10, the New York Times ran a story [3] about "an increasing body of evidence" suggesting "an Iranian role" in supplying the "deadliest weapon aimed at American troops in Iraq." Editor & Publisher's Greg Mitchell wants readers to consider the source. The sources cited are "civilian and military officials from a broad range of government agencies," almost all anonymous. And the author of the piece is Michael R. Gordon, who "on his own, or with Judith Miller [4], wrote some of the key, and badly misleading or downright inaccurate, articles about Iraqi WMDs in the run-up to the 2003 invasion," including the infamous "aluminum tubes" story. In other Iran news, the Washington Post reports that [5] Vice-President Cheney [6]'s national security adviser, John Hannah [7], called 2007 "the year of Iran." President Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice [8] and Defense Secretary Robert Gates [9] have said the U.S. has "no intention of attacking Iran."