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Stop Trying to Spin the Iraq War
The Bush Administration needs to stop fighting its critics and figure out how to fight the war
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"You're gonna protect me on this, right?" the magic words. When
someone in Washington makes that request and a journalist agrees to
the deal, a blood oath has been signed, no matter how scurrilous or
trivial the information involved. You don't break the oath or even
hedge on it. You agree to stand outside the law respectfully, not
"above" it, and to suffer the consequences. You go to jail to protect
your source, if necessary. If you do not adhere to these tribal
rules, other potential sources will surely
notice and you will...
