The Times and Iraq
Over the last year this newspaper has shone the bright light of hindsight on decisions that led the United States into Iraq. We have examined the failings of American and allied intelligence, especially on the issue of Iraq’s weapons and possible Iraqi connections to international terrorists. We have studied the allegations of official gullibility and hype. It is past time we turned the same light on ourselves.
In doing so — reviewing hundreds of articles written during the prelude to war and into the early stages of the occupation — we found an enormous amount of journalism that we are proud of. In most cases, what we reported was an accurate reflection of the state of our knowledge at the time, much of it painstakingly extracted from intelligence agencies that were themselves dependent on sketchy information. And where those articles included incomplete information or pointed in a wrong direction, they were later overtaken by more and stronger information. That is how news coverage normally unfolds.
But we have found a number of instances of coverage that was not as rigorous as it should have been. In some cases, information that was controversial then, and seems questionable now, was insufficiently qualified or allowed to stand unchallenged. Looking back, we wish we had been more aggressive in re-examining the claims as new evidence emerged — or failed to emerge.
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Poleo denuncia presiones de García Carneiro para detenerla
Caracas.- La periodista Patricia Poleo acusó al ministro de la Defensa, Jorge Luis García Carneiro, de presionar al fiscal y al juez militar que llevan su caso para que procedan a detenerla mañana viernes, durante la audiencia que tiene pautada.
“Estoy dispuesta a afrontar el juicio porque yo en ningún momento he instigado a la rebelión militar ejerciendo mi oficio, que es el de periodista”, subrayó Poleo, quien destacó no haber dado señales de pretender fugarse como para que sea necesario retenerla.
También denunció que el titular castrense estaría presionando a los militares que no quieren prestarse a declarar contra ella o en los casos relacionados al general (r) del Ejército, Francisco Usón y los presuntos paramilitares.