Pentagon Prevarications

Scott Horton today has a medium long, verifiable, fact-filled, and compelling article on his Harper's blog -- supplemented by a personal experience he had as a lawyer in a recent case involving the Pentagon. The bottom line:

[N]ext time you see a report from Pentagon Public Affairs characterizing the reporting of a journalist or commenting on some question from a political debate, remember the source, and treat any words offered with suitable skepticism.