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Blue_Tires

(57,596 posts) Sun Jan 11, 2015, 02:45 AM Jan 2015

Last edited Sun Jan 11, 2015, 05:59 PM - Edit history (1)

A source they gave anonymity to after re-printing AQAP statements in full, no less?

Or is Scahill conflating "source" (who divulges information on a 1-1 basis) with "spokesman" (who would be the same person or group of people responsible for disseminating AQAP communiques to the public) because there is a HUGE difference...
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/01/09/alwaki-paris/

http://www.lawfareblog.com/2015/01/the-intercept-finds-an-anonymous-source-it-can-trust/

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Am I reading this right? The Intercept has their own source inside AQAP? [View all] Blue_Tires Jan 2015 OP

Here are your links... xocet Jan 2015 #2

That link Hutzpa Jan 2015 #3

No kidding! grasswire Jan 2015 #6

I'm just interested to know why Blue_Tires Jan 2015 #7

I know Jeremy Scahill's "Dirty Wars" documentary and book did that. m-lekktor Jan 2015 #9