{"id":459,"date":"2008-08-24T21:28:09","date_gmt":"2008-08-25T02:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=459"},"modified":"2008-08-24T21:28:09","modified_gmt":"2008-08-25T02:28:09","slug":"washington-headline-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/24\/washington-headline-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Headline of the Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c<strong>CIA More Fully Denies Deception About Iraq<\/strong>\u201d &#8211; in yesterday\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/08\/22\/AR2008082202681.html\">Washington Post. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The subhead should have read: \u201cThis Time We Are Not Lying Like Weasels &#8211; We Swear!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Post article on the CIA\u2019s reaction to Ron Suskind\u2019s revelations included this tidbit from the CIA\u2019s prepared statement:<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cTo state what should be obvious, it is not the policy or practice of this Agency to violate American law.\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nObvious perhaps to some of the bootlickers in the DC press corps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cCIA More Fully Denies Deception About Iraq\u201d &#8211; in yesterday\u2019s Washington Post. 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