The judge in the Wen Ho Lee civil trial has held a few of the "reporters" who flogged the "scandal" to death in contempt. Unsurprisingly one is Jeff Gerth, of Whitewater fame. Gene Lyons take on Jeff Gerth (via the Incomparable Daily Howler archives):
...and then in Fools for Scandal, Lyons charged that Gerth and some writers at the Washington Post had essentially “invented” the Whitewater story, and he accused Gerth of an assortment of specific misdeeds--in particular, of “suppressing or ignoring hard evidence” that would have shown what was wrong with Gerth’s Whitewater case.
... At one point, Jackson calls Gerth's statement in depositions that he could not recall some of his confidential sources "not credible." He also rejected an argument from attorneys that the subpoenas effectively punished reporters for publishing information they lawfully obtained.
Jeff Gerth not credible, awww, say it ain't so Your Honor.
posted by Jo Fish on 08.18.04 at 11:54 PM
Comments:
I have always agreed with the concept that you should not feel it necessary to protect a source who lies to you. In fact that you shouldn't protect a source who lies to you.
posted by: lawguy on 08.24.04 at 08:23 AM [permalink]
Wen Ho Lee- Condie Rice was Stanford's Provost when the deal went down.
Any time the name is uttered it sets off fire alarms. The Lee case was supposed to justify the missile defense shield and Star Wars buildup.
The focus of condie and rummy was not on terror prior to 9-11. They dropped the ball. It is a matter of public record.
In the same way 9-11 enabled PNAC 's mideast expansion, Wen Ho Lee's case facilitated Star Wars.
And Mr. Lee was not the person to charge, the actual wrongdoer is now in America a former CHinese double agent who sat in the first row of the risers at chimp's inaugual celebrations.
posted by: Mr.Murder on 08.24.04 at 10:48 PM [permalink]
