In 2004, we intercepted a letter from Zarqawi to Osama bin Laden. In it, Zarqawi expressed his concern about "the gap that will emerge between us and the people of the land." He declared "democracy is coming." He went on to say, this will mean "suffocation" for the terrorists.
Wait, I've heard about that "letter" somewhere before. Oh I remember. It was a huge scoop by Dexter Filkins of the paper formerly known as the New York Times....Dexter Filkins, that name sounds familiar, where have I heard that name recently?
Oh that's right, I've got it. From the Washington Post's terrorist payola story this morning:
One slide in the same briefing, for example, noted that a "selective leak" about Zarqawi was made to Dexter Filkins, a New York Times reporter based in Baghdad. Filkins's resulting article, about a letter supposedly written by Zarqawi and boasting of suicide attacks in Iraq, ran on the Times front page on Feb. 9, 2004.Disgraceful.
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