> KARL ROVE, MICHAEL LEDEEN SPIES PROCURED FORGED NIGER DOCUMENTS
1 August 2005, 04:42
Nice story, but it has some major flaws and gaping holes. One flaw is that you don’t cite any sources for your information. The meeting between Leeden, Franklin, et al was reported in Newsweek — is that your source? This narrative would have more heft if you included citations and links.
Second, and more important: the story implies a great deal, but it doesn’t actually prove much. There is no direct linkage between Leeden and Rocco Martino shown here. Yet that is the major conclusion of the piece. It’s an intriguing premise, but nothing more.
Personally, I think you’re onto something — or, at the very least, you’ve synthesized the direct reporting of others into an interesting theory. But that’s all it is right now. Concluding anything beyond that is simply giving ammunition to the Bush side, which would like to paint us all as conspiracy whackos.
I’d dearly love to see someone connect the dots between the forged yellowcake memo and Bush/Rove/Cheney. But all the dots aren’t there yet.
Nice story, but it has some major flaws and gaping holes. One flaw is that you don’t cite any sources for your information. The meeting between Leeden, Franklin, et al was reported in Newsweek — is that your source? This narrative would have more heft if you included citations and links.
Second, and more important: the story implies a great deal, but it doesn’t actually prove much. There is no direct linkage between Leeden and Rocco Martino shown here. Yet that is the major conclusion of the piece. It’s an intriguing premise, but nothing more.
Personally, I think you’re onto something — or, at the very least, you’ve synthesized the direct reporting of others into an interesting theory. But that’s all it is right now. Concluding anything beyond that is simply giving ammunition to the Bush side, which would like to paint us all as conspiracy whackos.
I’d dearly love to see someone connect the dots between the forged yellowcake memo and Bush/Rove/Cheney. But all the dots aren’t there yet.
peace.