Seymour Hersh and the Bin Laden story

[MillCreek]

http://www.businessinsider.com/seymour-hersh-defends-his-blockbuster-bin-laden-story-2015-5

I will be interested to see in the years to come, if Mr. Hersh is proved correct.  He does have quite a reputation as an investigational journalist.  If he is accurate, you would expect to see the protests about his work as the government tries to protect sources and methods.

[roo_ster]

http://www.businessinsider.com/seymour-hersh-defends-his-blockbuster-bin-laden-story-2015-5

I will be interested to see in the years to come, if Mr. Hersh is proved correct.  He does have quite a reputation as an investigational journalist.  If he is accurate, you would expect to see the protests about his work as the government tries to protect sources and methods.

SH has a ~50% accuracy rate.  About half the time his stories blow up.  Half the time he nails it.  Makes it difficult to believe him without other sources.

I read about most of this until I ran out of time last night.  Might be real.  SH does make some rookie errors describing things and/or repeating what his sources say.  I would say that SH seems a mite credulous regarding middle eastern sources.

[RevDisk]

I'm shocked, shocked! that Pakistan had ties to OBL and politics may have been involved.

[Mannlicher]

Hersh has major problems with credibility and honesty.  Well, for that matter, so does barack hussein.  I call it a draw.

[Perd Hapley]

The photo of him at his desk really cracks me up.

[Angel Eyes]

The photo of him at his desk really cracks me up.

How old is that computer behind him?

[Perd Hapley]

How old is that computer behind him?

Prolly a stock photo. The book was published in '98. The tape recorder may also be a clue, though I suppose old newsmen might still use them today.