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How The New Republic Got Suckered

August 20, 2007 - 7:45 am
Mark
2007-08-20 05:21:15

Excellent piece. I’d like to see the “whys” of why this man fabricated these stories explored a bit more. Also, the evidence of his pre-deployment first person narratives set in Iraq seem to be the most damning circumstantial evidence, and they aren’t mentioned here.

And like an above commenter, I can’t for the life of me figure out what potential cause of action TNR’s lawyers think they have against McGee or their current employees, stopping them from talking to the press. The only thing that makes sense is something in their employment contracts, but for a former employee like McGee, it is almost a sure thing that anything they are threatening is non-enforceable.