On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 11:54:40 -0600, Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary Denton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> He does. But, those contacts also use him in internal political games. Agreed. > > >If he reported there was a number of American deaths in an Afghan > operation > > count on it. > > If so, I wonder why the families still don't know their loved ones are > dead....three years later. He reported on massive casualties early in the > war, and we never ever saw them. I cannot comment on this becuase you have provided no means of ascertaining what Hersh actually reported. > > FWIW, I maintain an informal running tally on "inside information" > statements by various people. I've seen Hearsh make statements that should > have been verifyable later...but were not verified....the predictions just > faded away. I think it strains credibility to think that the US > government could cover up massive losses of American soldiers for more than > a couple of weeks. Can you provide that tally and the original stories? JDG once sent me fruitlessly searching after something he stated a public figure had said many years before and I was never able to verify it. Gary Denton http://elemming2.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
