Michael Smith (aka DSM leak reporter) to have more tomorrow...

[Postman]

in the UK, the London Sunday Times will have another story related to the Downing Street Minutes.

Just reported on the Laura Flanders show, Air America radio from lawyer John Bonifaz.

Bonifaz said Michael Smith is the "Bob Woodward" of our time.

[leftchick]

1. I hope he has body guards...

and someone to test his food.

:hide:

[DeepModem Mom]

2. I wish that idea would catch fire -- that Smith is the Woodward...

of our time.

[Cha]

4. I'd rather Smith would be the

Bernstein of our time.

Or "Deep Thought" as one creative DUer dubbed him.

[Straight Shooter]

7. I'll second that. Bob Woodward is too cozy with bush.

bush calls him "Woody." Ugh, I can just hear BW telling gb, "You had me at Woody."

[brettdale]

3. please keep this kicked

Please keep this kicked and get ready for tomorrow, this new story must be sent out to all media and the public.

[Newsjock]

5. Story is online now

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-1669292,00.html

How the leaked documents questioning war emerged from 'Britain's Deep Throat'
It started with a phone call and has now swept across America: Michael Smith tells the tale of his ‘Downing Street memo’ scoop

It began with a phone call from a friend nearly 10 months ago — somebody well-placed who had given me a few stories before. But he wasn’t really a journalistic source, though he has now been dubbed “the British Deep Throat” by some of the US press.

He was just a friend. So I had no great expectations of the meeting we arranged in a quiet West End bar. I was just expecting a convivial drink, with the usual exchange of gossip, the catching-up on how our lives were going.

Almost immediately it was clear that this time it would be something more. The place was empty, but my friend chose the most secluded spot he could find. He was clearly nervous.

He wasn’t sure if I’d be interested in what he had, he said. It was about the run-up to the war. “All the Butler stuff,” he said, referring to Lord Butler, who had reported on the failures of intelligence over Iraq.

more

[Cha]

6. I found this link to DU when I googled

Michael Smith/dsm

"frictionlessO (1000+ posts) Sun Jun-19-05 12:41 PM
Original message
Michael Smith (DSM Journo) Wanted us to see full report from Times.
Michael Smith the breaker of the DSMs wrote me back again last night and gave his permission to spread the full article around. It is standard procedure to cut a piece to fit the front page, so there wasn't any hanky panky going on they just couldn't do the whole piece on the front. Please note this piece is slightly different and longer than the published one.

If you like what Michael has been doing for us in our struggle, write to his bosses here.
[e-mail]
if you want to help generate revenue for this paper, click on some of their ads on the same page of Michaels latest article here
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1660300,00...
finally Michael is studious in his regard to answering personal email,
[e-mail]
I'd reccomend keeping it short and letting him know he doesn't need to reply if he's overwhelmed, I've been remiss in doing this myself and plan on being better at it in the future.

Here's the article in full, with permission from the author, thank you very much Michael..."


More Michael Smith..
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3896115

[helderheid]

8. Wonderful

Any chance he'll get new photocopies of the actual document and just black out the names that could identify the source?

[Pirate Smile]

9. I found this but I don't think it includes "new" news - more analysis.

Focus: Secret memos fuel US doubt on Iraq
He’s vowed to complete his mission in Iraq, but President Bush faces growing disillusion as leaked documents reveal the hidden path to war.
Andrew Sullivan weighs the changing mood of America

You can sometimes tell when a political conversation is at a turning point because the rhetoric goes nuclear. With respect to the Iraq war, that is what is beginning to happen in America.

Last week saw Dick Durbin, a leading Democratic senator, compare an account of detainee treatment at Guantanamo Bay with prisoner abuse in totalitarian regimes. It also saw Karl Rove, the president’s most powerful political aide, essentially call all “liberals” a danger to their country for their response to 9/11 and the Iraq war.

Chuck Hagel, a leading Republican senator, called the White House “completely disconnected from reality. It’s like they’re just making it up as they go along”. The internet blogs and the op-eds were full of similarly calm discourse.

It’s not that the Bush administration policy is likely to change any time soon. It’s that the American people have reached a point of no return with the president and his constant and unpersuasive assertions that everything is just peachy in Mesopotamia.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1669291,00.html

Four pages long. I haven't read it all yet.

[AuntiBush]

11. Added from Same Link

It’s not that the Bush administration policy is likely to change any time soon. It’s that the American people have reached a point of no return with the president and his constant and unpersuasive assertions that everything is just peachy in Mesopotamia.

A poll that showed 60% of Americans want to start removing troops from Iraq merely confirmed the obvious: Bush’s war policy can no longer be sustained by the kind of “trust us” condescension that he has previously employed.

The doubts have increased markedly since America woke up to the secret Downing Street memos that shatter illusions about the build-up to war. The memos — first revealed in The Sunday Times by Michael Smith on May 1 — have since stormed through American websites and made headlines in the mainstream US media.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1669291,00.html

[AuntiBush]

12. It Get's "Heavier."

Last weekend the Associated Press agency moved a special package of six articles on the memos to its media subscribers throughout America...

Further down...

In all of these positions there is a new intensity. That intensity suggests that the long period of acquiescence in a policy barely explained and riddled with inconsistency is coming to a close. Some kind of tipping point is approaching — either for or against the entire venture.

[AuntiBush]

10. Oh, Wow. You mean there's HOPE! Stay Safe M. Smith!

We & the world need you safe.

Nominated!

[brettdale]

13. kick

kick

[lala_rawraw]

14. And Bernie too..

Plus, he has a sweet desposition. Did I say yet today how much I admire this man? ;)