Still Standing
Jun 19th, 2006 at 10:11 pm by Susie
Truthout is still standing by their original Rove indictment story:
What appears to have happened is that - and this is where Truthout blundered - in our haste to report the indictment we never considered the possibility that Patrick Fitzgerald would not make an announcement. We simply assumed - and we should not have done so - that he would tell the press. He did not. Fitzgerald appears to have used the indictment, and more importantly, the fear that it would go public, to extract information about the Plame outing case from Rove.
Yes, it does appear that Truthout was used, but not lied to or misled. The facts appear to have been accurate. We reported them, and in so doing, apparently became an instrument. From all indications, our reports, first on May 13 that Rove had been indicted, and then on June 12 when we published case number “06 cr 128,” forced Rove and Luskin back to the table with Fitzgerald, not once but twice. They apparently sought to avoid public disclosure and were prepared to do what they had to do to avoid it.
Lots more, go read.
this seems like a very risky strategy. they’re betting the farm on Jason Leopold here, and digging in even deeper.
their credibility is hanging by a very thin thread both for this story and their future viability as an alternative news source. anyone hear from Will Pitt???
if true , it show a heavy hand by Fitzgerald, and tell us that we know nothing. And whatever is going on is beyond our ken.
It only makes sense if Fitzgerald’s target had been, and still is Cheney.
If that’s the case, I say, atta boy!