conclusions based on fact
U.S. conducting secret missions inside Iran – report [reuters, january 16, 2005]Of The New Yorker report, he [Dan Bartlett, a top aide to President George W. Bush] said: “I think it’s riddled with inaccuracies, and I don’t believe that some of the conclusions he’s drawing are based on fact.”
somehow, i’m more forgiving of “investigative journalism” than “the united states government” if only because the new yorker isn’t spending my money to come to these conclusions, and i know they aren’t sending my fellow citizens to war.