April 18, 2008
Bilal Hussein: An Amnesty Doesn't Mean "Not Guilty"
A cover up at the AP about Bilal Hussein's innocence? Yes:
Hussein’s release was hardly unique, as he was one of 300 detainees released Wednesday from Camp Cropper and Camp Bucca detention facilities under the new amnesty law.Read the rest.Multi-National Forces-Iraq maintains that it has “convincing evidence” of Hussein’s involvement in the insurgency, and still considers him to be a “terrorist media operative who infiltrated the AP,” though one that is no longer a threat.
Maj. Matt Morgan, USMC TF-134 - Detainee Operations, stated that the military disclosed the specific evidence against Bilal Hussein to the Associated Press so that the news organization “would fully understand the situation,” but there is no indication that the Associated Press has published or will publish this information.
Every time the AP claims that Bilal Hussein is an innocent reporter being unfairly treated by the Bush Administration check the sources. You'll find that in every case it's the AP or Hussein himself making the claim.
When a news organization becomes the source of their own story, don't you have a major conflict of interest on your hands?
The evidence against Hussein include bomb making materials at his home. I also have sources close to the case that claim there is other evidence against Hussein which has not been publicly disclosed because to do so would jeopardize the means and methods by which it was collected.
The case against Hussein is pretty damning. For the AP to claim that his release along with 300 other prisoners as part of a general amnesty proves that he is "innocent" is to lie in a manner that would put even the slickest politician to shame.
