Can you trust what Seymour Hersh writes?
Relying almost exclusively on vaguely described anonymous sources, he makes sweeping claims about top-secret operations that can only be known to a small number of people inside the government with access to the relevant “sensitive compartmented information” and “special access programs,” and they aren’t allowed to comment one way or the other. And his “reporting” is always colored by a sixties-leftist, anti-American, conspiratorial worldview. – Max Boot
Or what he says?
Then there’s Sy. He’s the public speaker, the pundit. On the podium, Sy is willing to tell a story that’s not quite right, in order to convey a Larger Truth. “Sometimes I change events, dates, and places in a certain way to protect people,” Hersh told me. “I can’t fudge what I write. But I can certainly fudge what I say.” – Chris Suellentrop
Perhaps he spends too much time reading Dan Brown novels?
He then alleged that Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who headed JSOC before briefly becoming the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, and his successor, Vice Adm. William McRaven, as well as many within JSOC, “are all members of, or at least supporters of, Knights of Malta.” Hersh may have been referring to the Sovereign Order of Malta, a Roman Catholic organization commited to “defence of the Faith and assistance to the poor and the suffering,” according to its website. “Many of them are members of Opus Dei,” Hersh continued. “They do see what they’re doing — and this is not an atypical attitude among some military — it’s a crusade, literally. They see themselves as the protectors of the Christians. They’re protecting them from the Muslims [as in] the 13th century. And this is their function.” – Blake Hounshell
I realize that making Opus Dei out to be some sort of sinister organization out for world domination may be fashionable but it isn’t very accurate.
With a touch of humour, Father Soria stresses that there are no monks or nuns, albino or otherwise, in Opus Dei. “There are about two thousand of us priests in Opus Dei. The rest of the members are lay men and women, both married and single.” He wants to emphasize Opus Dei’s fundamentally lay character, and its mission to help people turn their work, relationships, and daily activities into opportunities to grow closer to God, to serve others, and to improve society. – Maria Olaguera
I think I am going to continue to question his “reporting.”