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Dan Rather stands by his story
His lawsuit will attempt to show that CBS tried to suppress the report on Bush's National Guard Service and the Abu Ghraib abuses.
By Sidney Blumenthal [2007-09-27]

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    In reporting on Dan Rather's lawsuit against CBS News, Sidney Blumenthal repeats Dan's allegation that I acceded to political pressure and, along with other CBS executives, tried to suppress the Abu Ghraib story. Dan is mistaken. As the executive who oversaw 60 Minutes II, I am proud of my role screening the Abu Ghraib story and approving it for broadcast. The subsequent delay of several weeks was not my doing, nor did I press for a delay of this landmark story once it was completed.

    -- Betsy West
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    Friday, September 28, 2007 03:35 PM
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