Wow, Lynne Cheney is Liz Cheney’s close friend?

OK, seriously, is there a request for anonymity that Our Media Stars will NOT grant?

sorry bout that

from jeremy scahill: Neocon US Colonel Calls for Military Attacks on “Partisan Media”

from david cay johnson: Welcome to the Jungle: Journalists, meet the all-or-nothing job market

from chris hedges: ‘Clean’ Energy and Poisoned Water

He (Arlen Specter) kept trying to get me (Jean Hill) to change my story, particularly regarding the number of shots. He said I had been told how many shots there were and I figured he was talking about what the Secret Service told me right after the assassination. His inflection and attitude was that I knew what I was supposed to be saying, why wouldn’t I just say it. I asked him, ‘Look, do you want the truth or just what you want me to say?’ He said he wanted the truth, so I said, ‘The truth is that I heard between four and six shots.’

I told him, ‘I’m not going to lie for you.’ So he starts talking off the record. He told me about my life, my family, and even mentioned that my marriage was in trouble. I said, ‘What’s the point of interviewing me if you already know everything about me?’ He got angrier and finally told me, ‘Look, we can even make you look as crazy as Marguerite Oswald [Lee Oswald’s mother] and everybody knows how crazy she is. We could have you put in a mental institution if you don’t cooperate with us.’ I knew he was trying to intimidate me… (as told to researcher Jim Marrs)