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Glenn, thanks for this valuable service. Like you, I'm a lawyer, and with respect to O'Hanlon's assertion that, even though virtually everyone he spoke to was hand-picked by the DOD, he had the chance to probe and question them so it's all right, it struck me that this is like saying you could have a fair trial with only one side presenting witnesses, so long as the other side had the opportunity to cross-examine them. I trust no one would argue that was a fair hearing -- well, I take that back, I guess Bush and Gonzalez would, but I mean someone who actually was interested in getting at the truth. And of course it's even worse here because at least in my hypothetical trial the opposition would presumably be actually interested in exposing lies and contradictions (and would have some evidence to use for impeachment). O'Hanlon, on the other hand, doesn't strike me as terribly interested in hearing the other side of the story.
