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Wednesday, July 18, 2007 12:00 AM

Straight up

The Washington Post tells the NIE story right.

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  • Wednesday, July 18, 2007 09:41 AM

    Woa boy, keps those cards and letters coming!

    Six years ago saner people came to the same conclusions. I can't for the life of me understand how I can be smarter than those running our country, our intelligence agencies, our military, and our media. I'm just a commoner looking for answers. Come on fellas, belly-up! Tell it like it is. Inform the public and let them draw their own conclusions for Christ's sake. Given the six year learning curve of most of them, and Bushit streams of misinformation polluting the air waives on Fox, publishing the bare-boned truth shouldn't hurt the neo cons too much. Oh, I forgot about their need to not have oversight. Maybe the truth, or at very least, alternative information will hurt a little....

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