Summary
That New York Times-CBS News "scoop"about 380 missing tons of explosives in Iraq appears to be collapsing before our eyes, raising new credibility problems for both media giants and for John Kerry - who sought to exploit the bogus story in an effort to salvage his presidential campaign.
The seemingly indisputable facts about the case are the following: On Monday, the NYT reported in a front-page story that 380 tons of powerful explosives were apparently looted from one of Saddam Hussein's most sensitive military facilities, the al Qaqaa near Baghdad, and that the arsenal had vanished because U.S. forces had failed to adequately guard it. That very morning, Mr. Kerry cited the article as evidence of "the incredible incompetence of this president and this administration." Since then, his campaign has been running ads citing the story as evidence of President Bush's malfeasance, and Mr. Kerry and running mate John Edwards have made the NYT piece a central issue in their campaign.See the full content of this document
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Johnny's Missing Explosives
The problem for the NYT, CBS, and Mr. Kerry is that their story has been f...
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