'L.A. Times' Responds to Bush's Fascist Attack On Its IED Report

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March 14, 2006 12:05 PM ET

NEW YORK During a speech about Iraq on Monday, President Bush criticized a recent Los Angeles Times story that he said revealed sensitive information about the Pentagon's effort to combat improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The president did not mention the newspaper by name but White House officials later said he was referring to a Feb. 12 story in the Los Angeles Times.

"Within five days of the publication, using details from that article, the enemy had posted instructions for defeating this new technology on the Internet," Bush said. "We cannot let the enemy know how we're working to defeat them."

In a news article today, the Times reviewed the episode, asserting that it did not provide specifics about the technology, withheld some details, and had talked to Pentagon officials before publication and none raised any concerns about it. Much of the article follows.

The Times article was about an internal Pentagon debate over a device called the Joint IED Neutralizer, or JIN. The article said that even though the device had passed a battery of military utility tests, and a prototype had destroyed about 90% of the improvised explosives laid in its path during testing, the neutralizer units had still not been sent to combat units in Iraq . . .

full editorial: http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002158092

[redqueen]

1. Maybe that's what he was complaining about...

that it was revealed that the damn things weren't over there yet. No, that can't be it... that's not 'instructions'. Then again, maybe he's not clear on what the word 'instructions' means.

we paid for them, we have them, our troops need them, but they're not being used... unbelievable

[drduffy]

2. Bushshit and the neocons will use any opportunity

to besmerch the reputation of any part of the fourth estate that tries to actually do its job. Most of the media is already well-controlled by the neocons. The little bit that isn't will soon be forced to toe the line or will be destroyed.

**Pray for BushCo's destruction** 'They' can't control your thoughts or your prayers yet. Yet.