The many problems with Seymour Hersh's Osama conspiracy theory
May 11, 2015 21:42
On Sunday, the legendary investigative journalist Seymour Hersh finally released a story that he has been rumored to have been working on for years: the truth about the killing of Osama bin Laden.
According to Hersh's 10,000-word story in the London Review of Books, the official history of bin Laden's death is a lie.
Hersh's story is amazing to read, alleging a vast American-Pakistani conspiracy to stage the raid and even to fake high-level diplomatic incidents as a sort of cover. But his allegations are largely supported only by two sources, neither of whom has direct knowledge of what happened, both of whom are retired, and one of whom is anonymous, says Max Fisher in his piece published on vox.com.
The story is riven with internal contradictions and inconsistencies. It simply does not hold up to scrutiny.
Read the full report here
According to Hersh's 10,000-word story in the London Review of Books, the official history of bin Laden's death is a lie.
Hersh's story is amazing to read, alleging a vast American-Pakistani conspiracy to stage the raid and even to fake high-level diplomatic incidents as a sort of cover. But his allegations are largely supported only by two sources, neither of whom has direct knowledge of what happened, both of whom are retired, and one of whom is anonymous, says Max Fisher in his piece published on vox.com.
The story is riven with internal contradictions and inconsistencies. It simply does not hold up to scrutiny.
Read the full report here
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