Pentagon to the New York Times on Pulitzer: Never mind

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acai berry and colon cleanse diet of 9:39PM May 05, 2010

Barstow's articles were factual. The IG report, as the IG now admits, was contrafactual. (And, though unstated, produced under political duress.)
Should the Pulitzer jury have taken the provably bunko IG report into consideration? Are you serious?
How was it ever news that Rummy and his factotums are angry over Barstow's Pulitzer?
Here's another news flash: Michele doesn't like Fox News.
I know it's the US News demographic and all, but you've got to be more than just a couple notches above the Washington Times. And you usually are.
And yes, Whispers is supposed to be more about heat than light, and that's fine, but still.

D of NY 11:41PM May 07, 2009

What a wonderful irony- acc to Wash Times' Inside the Ring (May 7), the IG faults "internet" searches for checking corporate affiliations of military analysts involved with Rumsfeld's program- yet the "mainstream"- aka liberal media relied on online information (made available only to friendly websites like Daily Kos) about Obama's COLB (Certification of Live Birth)- NOT to be confused with an actual "long form" or "vault" certificate, which typically has a doctor's signature and hospital name- and ignored his paternal grandmother's claim to his being born in Kenya, as well as the Kenyan Ambassador to the US who said in a radio interview he was born in Kenya.
Obama's legal team has amassed an estimated $1 million in legal fees to guard against public discloure (inc. his academic records) of any documents which would shed light on his actual birth and citizenship. John McCain was forced to produce his birth records b/c of his birth to US citizens in the Panama Canal Zone- double standard? One patriotic member of Congress has introduced legislation to ensure that future Presidential candidates must offer proof of eligibility (Rep Posey- R-FL)- Given that Obama is Commander-in-Chief and can place servicemembers in harms' way (some of whom have joined lawsuits demanding proof of Obama's "natural born" citizenship), you'd think there'd be at least as much interest in the President's Constitutional qualifications and in procuring his birth records as in whether Rumsfeld's DoD offered Pentagon war briefings to military retirees with defense contracts.

Margaret Hemenway of VA 9:10PM May 07, 2009

Just because the IG sees "nothing wrong" doesn't mean that there was NOT something wrong. I only check out this "news" site to see what you people are pushing next. This was propaganda - hidden from the President and the people. If you can't see that is PROPAGANDA and completely wrong and need someone to tell you, guess that shows you how educated you are (also shows in your writers and editors - as I have found grammatical and spelling errors within stories published here). I remember getting US News and World Reports back in the mid 90s. I actually respected it then. I cannot say the same now.

Stacy of FL 7:12AM May 07, 2009

Are you kidding me? I tried very hard to make sense of this article, but all the referencing and failure to tie it together left me in the dark. 2nd sentence - "oops" to what? 3rd sentence - "never mind" subject not previously introduced. 3rd sentence is run on sentence. 4th sentence - "review" what review? Is this a reference back to the "never mind"? This is not clear since two names are used for the same article. The article gets a little better after this, but it never gets good. Please consider borrowing a high school composition lesson.

dakota of NJ 10:28PM May 06, 2009