By now, few people have faith in government, Congress, or the President. We can blame President Nixon and Watergate. Post-Watergate we have the Reagan hatred of government as the cause of all evil. Then, we have the evil culture of corruption that has too long a list of liars, weasels, and criminals to list here.
But, here we must face whatever reality a blogger can reveal, if that is any at all.
Each of us has favorite sources. Each and every source is prone to unconscious bias as well as pandering to special interests.
Of our interest this morning should be this story about the Nixon Centre, a right wing (?) think tank in Washington, D.C.
An expert on terrorism working at the Nixon Centre lied about interviews with Greenspan, Pelosi, Gates, and Barack Obama. These famous interviews never happened.
The expert also lied about having a Ph.D. but has admitted never conducting the interviews.
ABC News has used the ‘expert’ as a consultant. His writings have been published around the world.
This particular expert was quoted this past weekend as knowing the U.S. was about to bomb Iran, hitting 1200 targets over 3 days.
Although this expert will be punished, his lies cannot be undone.
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