Sex-Abuse Scandal or Smear Campaign? (FR mentioned)

Wall Street Journal ^ | July 26, 2004 | James Taranto

[Starter]

A former Managing Editor of Arab News is currently under investigation for pedophilia and the solicitation of male minors for sex. While these alleged crimes occurred during the editor's tenure at the paper, he has since resigned and relocated to another country.

[Starter]

To sum up the story: The Arab News seems to be erasing all evidence of a former editor working there, as well as spreading rumors of child molestation on the editor's part in preparation for an upcoming expose regarding the Saudis and written by the accused editor. {whew! Long sentence.}

Oh, and Free Republic has one of the few remaining links to that editor's work at here.

[GovernmentShrinker]

Another example of why FR needs to fight hard for its right to post full-text articles. Excerpt-only postings seriously hamper the mission.