C. GATSBY'S Weblog: "you will learn the truth and the truth will make you free. John 8:32

Michael Scheuer, former CIA operative, is correct in his editorial that Tenet shares the blame for Bush’s Iraq War.

However, The Washington Post, which supported the Iraq war (now in its fifth year) from the start, has blood on their hands, too. They mislead their readers by publishing unsubstantiated reports on Hussein’s Iraq prior to the war.

Washington Post, an advocate of war, wrote that prior to the invasion that it was “an operation essential to American security.” After Powell’s speech at the U.N., the WP declared the evidence “irrefutable” and that “a powerful new case” was made implicating Hussein with al Qaeda.

Unlike reporters of the past, who patiently exhausted all avenues in researching a story, Washington Post reporters fell flat on their faces after 9/11. Failing to question nearly all the false claims and propaganda spewed out by the Bush administration, reporters disseminated the misinformation of Bush’s administration word for word.

Washington Post published unsubstantiated reports of Iraqi dissident stories, erroneous nuclear weapons facilities and uranium tubes, and imaginary secret al Qaeda training bases. Most of the stories could have be shown to be false by judicious researching.

Like papers of the former Soviet Union, the Washington Post thought that it was unpatriotic to publish contrary evidence to that of the Bush Administration on page one and imposed a censorship on most stories conflicting with Bush’s rhetoric.

The Washington Post must understand that a democracy flourishes through differing views and opinions, not by preaching the President’s (Bush) line verbatim. Thoughtful criticisms and a vigilant press are necessary to keep the government honest.

Christian Gatsby

USA TODAY applauds Tenet for presenting the truth about how Bush lied us into the Iraq war, but ostracizes him for too little too late.

However, TODAY, which endorsed the Iraq war, has blood on their hands, too. They mislead their readers by publishing unsubstantiated reports on Hussein’s Iraq prior to the war.

Today, an advocate of “regime change,” wrote after Powell’s UN address, that his speech contained “new and forceful evidence” of Iraq’s weapons programs and terrorism links. Today vigorously approved the disarming of Iraq as “a critical component to the war on terror.” The paper gave its blessing to the war as “the best of the bad alternatives.”

Unlike reporters of the past, who patiently exhausted all avenues in researching a story, Today’s reporters fell flat on their faces after 9/11. Failing to question nearly all the false claims and propaganda spewed out by the Bush administration, reporters disseminated the misinformation of Bush’s administration word for word.

Today published unsubstantiated reports of Iraqi dissident stories, erroneous nuclear weapons facilities and uranium tubes, and imaginary al Qaeda training bases. Most of the stories could have be shown to be false by judicious researching.

Today, also, could have done America “a far greater service by challenging group-think and speaking truth to power.”

Today must understand that a democracy flourishes through differing views and opinions, not by preaching the President’s (Bush) line verbatim. Thoughtful criticisms and a vigilant press are necessary to keep the government honest.

Christian Gatsby