I don't know why this would surprise anyone, but a British Civil Servant has been charged under the "official secrets act" for leaking a document that reputedly shows that Tony Blair had to urge "W" not to bomb the Doha, Qatar based offices of Al-Jazeera.
Now whether or not this is true remains to be seen. I personally would love to see this memo. If in fact this is true this is such complete and utter bullshit, that it makes me sick to my stomach. Here we have Al-Jazeera, not exactly the cream of the journalistic crop, but nonetheless a fairly reliable journalistic entity operating in the worst area of the world for journalists. Yes, they may show some Al-Qaeda recruitment videos, they may air atrocities committed by the US, but that shit is on their beat, for god's sake Al-Jazeera is the one independent (with a little oversight from the pretty Liberal Qatari government) media outlet in the entire middle east, and President Cowboy wants to bomb it, good thinking Tex.
Now I don't want to turn this into some referendum on the truthfulness or efficacy of Al-Jazeera, but at least Judy Miller and Booby Woodward don't work there.
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