Seymour Hersh; " "You wanna know about abuses and violations? Call me then(1/20/09)"

[RedEarth]

...from an interview with Sy Hersh on 10/19/08.....

A Democrat who truly despises the Bush regime, he is reluctant to make predictions about exactly what is going to happen in the forthcoming election on the grounds that he might 'jinx it'. The unknown quantity of voter racism apart, however, he is hopeful that Obama will pull it off, and if he does, for Hersh this will be a starting gun. 'You cannot believe how many people have told me to call them on 20 January ,' he says, with relish. ' "You wanna know about abuses and violations? Call me then." So that is what I'll do, so long as nothing awful happens before the inauguration.'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/oct/19/seymour-hersh-new-yorker-reporter

[Juche]

1. What all has he uncovered

This my understanding of some of the stuff he claims has happened lately:


People associated with the admin considered sending navy SEALs dressed as Iranian commandos to attack a US warship in the hopes that the SEALs would be killed and it could be used to start a war with Iran

Pointed out how due to incompetence in Iraq, the US is now funding Sunni extremists with ties to al qaeda to hold back shi'ite extremists from Iran. Basically we are funding AL Qaeda satellite groups with taxpayer dollars.

The US planned airstrikes on Iran.


EDIT: I misread the title. Apparently people inside the admin are calling Hersh and saying that he should call them after Obama is the president since they will have nothing to fear after that. I thought it meant something else.

Man, this is going to be good. People lining up to tell Hersh the dirty secrets. We are going to need real accountability. Waxman & Conyers are ok, but they won't cut it.

[annabanana]

2. Wowie-Zowie, Sy. . . keep an eye on your rearview mirror. .

You gotta MAKE IT to Jan. 20!

[tom_paine]

3. You'd think if the Bushies hadn't murdered him by now, for some reason they choose not to or don't

dare.

Which means, if they didn't snuff him to stop Abu Ghraib from coming out, somehow I don't think they are going to snuff him now.

But I will have my fingers crossed for the safety of the USA's (how sweet to be able to say that national name and believe it again) premier investigative reporter..Sy Hersh.