Seymour Hersh

First he writes an article in the New Yorker about Defense Policy Board chairman and key architect of Iraqui policy Richard Perle discussing Perle’s meeting with arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi and his potential conflicts of interest with Global Crossing.

Then Perle threatens to sue him for libel in England, despite the fact that both Perle and Hersh are American and the New Yorker is an American publication.

Then Perle resigns as the chairman of the Defense Policy Board, at least in part due to allegations made in that article. Although he is still on the board.

Now another Hersh article, coming out tomorrow in the New Yorker (I will post a direct link when it becomes available), shows how Donald Rumsfeld rejected advice from his top generals and left the troops in Iraq without enough personnel or equipment. Info here, via TPM.

It it too optimistic to hope Rumsfeld meets a similar fate to Perle? Probably.

Hersh apparently started his career as the first Journalist to write an account of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam, which he won a Pulitzer Prize for. He has been described by Salon’s Eric Alterman as the “…simply the best investigative reporter alive.”

Athough I realize he is quite famous, I had honestly not heard of Hersh before I heard about the New Yorker article on Perle, but I am looking forward to learning more about what he has accomplished in the past and to seeing what he will continue to do in the future.

UPDATE: As promised here is the article in the New Yorker referenced above.