FC: Intel analyst accuses American journalists of "treason"

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Tue Jun 18 2002 - 07:26:18 PDT

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    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54650-2002Jun14.html
    By Dennis Pluchinsky
    Sunday, June 16, 2002; Page B03
    
    I accuse the media in the United States of treason.
    
    I have been analyzing terrorism for the U.S. government for 25 years. My 
    specialty is "threat analysis." This is a rather difficult field that 
    requires the imagination of Walt Disney, the patience of a kindergarten 
    teacher, the mind-set of a chess player, the resolve of a Boston Red Sox 
    fan, the mental acuity of a river boat gambler, and the forecasting ability 
    of a successful stock market analyst.
    
    While the media have, over the past several weeks, written extensively on 
    alleged intelligence "failures" surrounding the events of Sept. 11, I want 
    to address the media's common-sense "failures." As a terrorism analyst, I 
    am both appalled and confused by many of the post-9/11 articles published 
    at home and abroad, in newspapers, news magazines and academic journals, as 
    well as on the Internet.
    
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