The Newsweek Scandal: I'm Not Buying It

This week, the May 9 story in Newsweek has erupted into quite a scandal. After reading Newsweeks response to the scandal, I am forced to read between the lines. Regarding the allegation of flushing the Qu'ran down the toilet, "...their information came from a knowledgeable U.S. government source, and before deciding whether to publish it we approached two separate Defense Department officials for comment. One declined to give us a response; the other challenged another aspect of the story but did not dispute the Qur'an charge." Which basically means that the officials confirmed the allegations by their silence. Then, after the firestorm, "Our original source later said he couldn't be certain about reading of the alleged Qur'an incident in the report we cited, and said it might have been in other investigative documents or drafts. " Convenient that the original source changed his story after the White House began to apply pressure.