Jason Leopold-Sticking By Story In Radio Interview

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al-Scooter says:

May 14th, 2006 at 11:06 am
Ian Masters interviewing Jason Leopold now:
http://bornatthecrestoftheempire.blogspot.com/2006/05/leopold-interviewed-on-kpfk.html
http://www.kpfk.org/

91 JWR says:

May 14th, 2006 at 11:12 am
Hmm, Leopold on my local Pacifica station right now defending his Rove story. He says he has “more than two” very reliable sources. Says plea agreement rejected. Rove given 24 “business” hours to get his things in order. Says the level of detail he recieved from sources was too detailed to ignore.

92 al-Scooter says:

May 14th, 2006 at 11:14 am
Leopold says that if his sources has burned him on this story, they know they’ll be outed.

“ has 24 business hours to get his affairs in order.”

Leopold’s positioning truthout vs. NYT & WaPo: they might not have his sources, but NYT sat on NSA story for a year. Admits sounding defensive. Wants major outlets to confirm story to validate truthout.

Claims to have done fact-checking and independent confirmation. Leopold: Indictment is seald but will become public in 24 business hours (from Friday night?).

Expects public announcement “…anytime after Monday of this week.”

From the comments at:
http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/14/the-better-angels-of-our-nature/#comments

Jane Hamsher says:

May 14th, 2006 at 11:30 am
Leopold said he would out his sources if the story turned out not to be true? That’s FANTASTIC. That really turns this whole thing into a win-win. If Rove has already been indicted, we all celebrate. If not, we get to show that the blogosphere has higher standards than the MSM when Leopold outs his sources.

I for one am applauding

http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/14/killing-em-with-kindness/