{"id":1219,"date":"2004-06-05T08:32:23","date_gmt":"2004-06-05T12:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thewormbook.com\/hlog\/?p=1219"},"modified":"2004-06-05T08:32:23","modified_gmt":"2004-06-05T12:32:23","slug":"for-gods-sake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thewormbook.com\/hlog\/?p=1219","title":{"rendered":"For God’s Sake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hitchens, you’re a journalist, one of the best of our time. And still you can write, with a straight face,<\/a> this:<\/p>\n\n

As to the accusation that Chalabi has endangered American national security by slipping secrets to Tehran, I can only say that three days ago, I broke my usual rule and had a “deep background” meeting with a very “senior administration official.” This person, given every opportunity to signal even slightly that I ought to treat the charges seriously, pointedly declined to do so. I thought I should put this on record.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Do you really expect, at a moment like this, that a man like Dick Cheney would tell you the truth?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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