Off To See The Wizard?
Curt over at Flopping Aces has been a bulldog on the story of the source that the Associated Press has cited repeatedly, "police captain" Jamil Hussein. He's been relentless at questioning the AP about it and in getting Centcom to verify that no such police captain is employed by the Iraqi government. Nor would a captain be authorized to speak to the press.
Now, former CNN chief Eason Jordan has invited Curt and Michelle Malkin to accompany him to try and locate Jamil Hussein in Baghdad. Curt is trying to get time off to do so.
I worry, as others have, that this may be a set-up of some kind. Think about it. Eason Jordon should have a easy time of finding Jamil Hussein since the AP has said they have been talked to him for over two years. I have blogged many times that there may indeed be a man named Jamil Hussein but my argument has always been he is a fraud. It has already been confirmed that he is NOT employed by the Iraqi government so why would we go skipping around Iraq in search of someone the AP could supposedly produce in a heartbeat?
Captain's Quarters followed the Eason Jordan saga long before I started blogging. Let's just say that Jordan does not have what normal people would consider journalistic ethics. He is, after all, the man who protected Saddam Hussein from negative coverage to keep CNN in Iraq.
By James, December 14, 2006 @ 5:39 pm
>the man who protected Saddam Hussein from negative coverage to keep CNN in Iraq.
Make the article more robust by adding some examples of “negative coverage” that can’t be compared to today’s situation in Iraq.
By Tom, December 14, 2006 @ 7:52 pm
And the press hasn’t made up sources or stories before now? Horrors!!