On the imperial frontier (2)

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On the imperial frontier (2)

                   There was an extraordinary article on the front page of
the New
                   York Times today: David E. Sanger and James Dao's "U.S.
Is
                   Completing Plan to Promote a Democratic Iraq." You could
tell
                   instantly how important it is, because the many
references to
                   sources are fabulously, succulently anonymous, in the
fashion of
                   only the most significant insider journalism. ("One of
Mr. Bush's
                   top advisors," "one senior official," "an official close
to Mr.
                   Bush," "a senior Pentagon official," "administration
officials who
                   have been developing [the proposals] for several
months" -- these
                   are the Hellfire missiles of journalistic sourcing.) In
addition,
                   Sanger and Dao actually quote from "administration
documents" --
                   from the President's lips to my mouth to this piece of
paper to you.
                   You can't ask for better.

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