CHERRY PICKING ADVICE FROM THE MASTERS....

[kpete]

CHERRY PICKING ADVICE FROM THE MASTERS....The Pentagon says it's reluctant to release all the documents captured after the fall of Iraq. Why? Because they're afraid the press might cherry pick just a few of the documents and thus make some kind of unfair point not supported by the entire weight of the evidence.

Department of Self Awareness Department

From today's report from the Department of Self-Awareness Department, Stephen Hayes, on why captured Iraqi documents haven't been released to the public:


The main worry, says DiRita, is that the mainstream press might cherry-pick documents and mischaracterize their meaning. "There is always the concern that people would be chasing a lot of information good or bad, and when the Times or the Post splashes a headline about some sensational-sounding document that would seem to 'prove' that sanctions were working, or that Saddam was just a misunderstood patriot, or some other nonsense, we'd spend a lot of time chasing around after it."

This is a view many officials attributed to Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence Steve Cambone.

Yes, Steve Cambone was worried about cherry-picking of documents to mischaracterize their meaning. You could see how that might be a problem Steve Cambone would be familiar with, you know what I'm saying?

http://abuaardvark.typepad.com/abuaardvark/2006/01/department_of_s.html
via:http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Could it be they are worried because this is exactly what Bush did-

cherry picked information and then mischaracterized their meaning and import before the war started?

[JDPriestly]

2. In a nutshell -- they are afraid of the truth. Keep this kicked.

This is amazing.

[papau]

3. An amazing statement - will our media jump on it or give it a pass because

Bush/GOP would want them to give it a pass.