Here’s The New York Times headline:

Justice Department Counters Claim That It Misled Congress in Gun Inquiry

Here’s the original AP headline the media outlets used, including MSNBC:

Justice Dept. details how it got statements wrong

The NYT headline makes it appear the DOJ admits absolutely no wrong doing. However, in the AP headline the DOJ admits they were wrong, but offer an explanation.

If Charlie Savage is going to write an original story he could at least use a headline that doesn’t dupe the readers? But the headline isn’t the only bad part of the article. The whole article is completely soft on the DOJ and the tone is off, almost as if Mr. Savage is unconcerned that this operation has taken the life of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry and 200+ Mexican civilians. At least Pete Yost, author of the AP article, reported the facts of these emails, didn’t add in any of his opinions, and gave detailed information of the emails.

Here is a snippet of Mr. Savage’s description of the emails. [Bold my emphasis]

The letter, which rejected early accusations of wrongdoing in Fast and Furious, told lawmakers that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives “makes every effort to interdict weapons that have been purchased illegally and prevent their transportation to Mexico.”

Officials now acknowledge that the claim was misleading.

Here is the snippet from Mr. Yost’s article (bold my emphasis):

In a letter last February to Charles Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Justice Department said that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms had not sanctioned the sale of assault weapons to a straw purchaser and that the agency makes every effort to intercept weapons that have been purchased illegally. In Operation Fast and Furious, both statements turned out to be incorrect.

Mr. Savage says misleading and Mr. Yost says incorrect. Misleading could be technically true, but be presented in a way that would make you think the opposite. Incorrect means not correct, plain and simple. By using the word misleading Mr. Savage misleads his readers.

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There are only two choices: either Attorney General Eric Holder has nothing to hide, or he is trying to hide something. If the former is true, why does Holder refuse to put names to the seven anonymous Department of Justice attorneys whom he admits once represented terrorist detainees before joining the Obama administration? If the latter is the case, why is the old media ignoring the story?

Responding to an inquiry from Senator Charles Grassley, Holder admitted that nine DOJ attorneys had previously been involved defending detainees:

“To the best of our knowledge, during their employment prior to joining the government, only five of the lawyers who serve as political appointees in those components represented detainees,” Holder said in a letter dated Feb. 18. “Four others contributed to amicus briefs in detainee-related cases involved in advocacy on behalf of detainees.”

Who are these attorneys? How deeply were they committed to protecting the “rights” of irregular troops bent on destruction of western civilization? (more…)