BREAKING: Conned big time "CIA Witness" to White House Lying about Intel story found to be FRAUD

Capitol Hill Blue ^ | July 9, 2003 | Doug Thompson

[mware]

Doug, can you get this information to Sean Hannity for tonights show???

GW is getting hammered by Chris Matthews. This story has to be corrected in the rest of the media ASAP.

[MaxPlus305]

Instead of just deleting the references, it would've been nice to have a list of all the stories that this con was quoted in, to better correct anyone who might have read these stories in the past and carried their misconceptions to this day.

[Tacis]

Well, fine. But, the obvious question is, "Were you lying then or are you lying now?"

Why should we believe that what you've written above is truthful? How do we know what you said wasn't the result of extortion, threats, a bribe, or a promise of future goodies for retracting the first story. Claiming you were conned is a very small price to pay and from the comments, looks like it has increased your standing.

But, who is the guy? He had maintained a positive and useful cover for 20 years. You used him before but never had to contact him to check a fact or ask for a lead? And, why/how would he have identified you 20 years ago as a person he could con 20 years hence? Has any money, either way, ever changed hands? And, if you, why not several of your coequals?

I'm sorry, the story is too neat, too glib. There is more to it than has been written here.

[danmar]

Don't beat your self up, Doug. Sh!t happens, what the hell! Next time somebody is selling you a bill of goods, make sure, you know "exactly", who you're talking to.

In God we trust, all others, identify yourselves, with two US forms of identification.

[Phsstpok]

Uh.... WOW....

excuse me....

WOW...

Oh my God! Wow!

And the NY Times, Washington Post, ABC, CNN, Guardian or any other news regugitator that used your source as the basis for an outrageous attack on Bush said what when provided this information? (I know others didn't site the source, just repeated the basic claim of insider info about Bush)

Uh... thank you, by the way... Wow!

I claim to be a conservative, but I define that as a cynical liberal (I believe in most of the ideals, but don't think for minute that Teddy Kennedy, et al, are out for anyone but Teddy boy). You, however, have just messed up my beautiful cynicism about my most loathed profession (g).

[rwfromkansas]

No kidding. He went out of his way to get quoted this time and then to end his contact completely by changing his phone number. He definitely wanted to go out in a blaze of attacking the President.

[danmar]

...and further more, you are rude, cruel and inhumane! ;{)

[Xenalyte]

You're a helluva guy for admitting it. More power to you, and keep up the good work.

[My2Cents]

Yeah, I wonder how many journalists are writing stories based on "unnamed sources" that are bogus.

[piasa]

Do rat operatives have an attention span as long as 20 years?

Besides Hillary, that is- but she wasn't just a rat, IMHO, she's a red.

[Dog]

Agreed.........there is something screwy with this story. A source of 20 years suddenly gets exposed and only now is found to have feed a reporter bad info for 20 long years.

I'm not buying it..

[MJY1288]

If he has been sourced for the past 20 years, why is it that his name comes up nowhere in every search engine

[Maigrey]

It takes a honest man to admit he screwed up. The road back up will be long, hard, and hard-fought, but I hope you're willing to persevere to regain the public trust. Good Luck!

[rwfromkansas]

lots

[Ima Lurker]

"You can trust him, he's one of the good guys," one chief of staff told me

"Nobody, and I mean nobody, has ever heard of this guy," my source said.

Well, SOMEBODY has heard of him. Who was that chief of staff? Sounds to me like none of these sources are very reliable.

[longtermmemmory]

hmmm a French Spy? French disruptor by placing false information in "the loop"?

[mware]

I have an online detective system, that I bought for research the kids were doing on the first class to graduate from the school I teach at. I am going to do a search on that one.

[unspun]

If he has been sourced for the past 20 years, why is it that his name comes up nowhere in every search engine

Because his alias is Greg Packer?

[Zathras]

This guy wouldn't happen to look alot like Bob Mulholland would he?
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