Perino Dismisses Sy Hersh And ‘All His Anonymous Sources’ On Iran

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/perino-hersh/

Perino Dismisses Sy Hersh And ‘All His Anonymous Sources’ On Iran

Seymour Hersh, The New Yorker’s Pulitzer-Prize winning investigative journalist, has a new article warning that there is “a significant increase in the tempo of attack planning” for war with Iran inside the Bush administration. He reports that the administration has switched its rationale war, from a broad bombing attack against Iran’s nuclear facilities to “surgical” strikes against Revolutionary Guard Corps facilities in Tehran and elsewhere.

In today’s press briefing, reporters questioned White House spokeswoman Dana Perino about Hersh’s article. Perino refused to address the substance of the piece, instead dismissing Hersh’s journalism and credibility:

Every two months or so, Sy Hersh writes an article in The New Yorker magazine and CNN provides him a forum in which to talk about his article and all the anonymous sources that are quoted in it.

Watch it/read transcript at link~

Unwilling to accept her talking points, reporters continued to pepper Perino with questions. “We are pursuing a diplomatic solution with Iran,” she repeatedly insisted. One reporter shot back, “That’s what he said before we went to Iraq, too.”

It’s no wonder that Perino is unwilling to discuss the facts in Hersh’s piece. As Bill Kristol noted, Hersh’s revelations are “scar people away” from a “limited and credible military option against Iran.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/perino-hersh/

[librechik]

1. so, can we call her on it later?

those are all the same lies that paved the path to war in Iraq. Does she think we have no eyes and ears?

[EFerrari]

2. Why should anyone believe Hersh over a liar for the White House?

:sarcasm:

[Webster Green]

3. That pretty much confirms it then..

She lies about everything.

[lyonn]

4. Bless Sy Hersh, he has finally got their attention

Now, let's see Cheney get on CNN and tell us what our Great Leaders are planning. Tell us how we are negotiating (?). All he has to do is whip out the old speeches he has for attacking Iraq and how easy and quick the whole process will be. Wolfie will be slobbering all over him and his brilliance.

Perino left quickly today. They are not even trying to pamper the media anymore. Nothing new going on, see you jerks later...... We have exciting war plans to work on, Hard Work, by the way. It ain't as easy these days whipping up public anger and media fury against Iran.

[YvonneCa]

5. She can dismiss Sy Hersch all she wants...

...but he has usually been right. :)

[babylonsister]

7. And moreso than she ever was! nt

[spanone]

6. i dismissed her the first time i heard her speak.

[Joanne98]

8. Conservative women are LIARS!

[lpbk2713]

9. A BushCo shill has no credibility talking about *sources*.

We've been looking for Smirky's {alleged} WMD's for six years now and there's still no sign of them.

[EVDebs]

10. Uh, she said this 'off the record', right ?

Because we wouldn't want ANY leaks or FOIA requests for say Cheney's energy policy group or Enron types disclosing anything now would we ? This from the 'most ethical administration' EVER !