Prosthetic Conscience

Bush wanted to bomb media in Arab ally

The Mirror reports that a memo leaked from No. 10 Downing St. shows that Bush planned to bomb the satellite TV station al-Jazeera in Qatar, a friendly Arab country; he was talked out of it by Tony Blair. The persons who leaked the memo are being prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act. “The No 10 memo now raises fresh doubts over US claims that previous attacks against al-Jazeera staff were military errors.”

This has been picked up by the mainstream media (the Mirror is a tabloid), which are are mainly reporting on the denials. But if it’s not true, why are the leakers being prosecuted?

[ Posted: 15:13] | [ Category: ] | Permalink | Comments: 0 ]