Am I reading this right? The Intercept has their own source inside AQAP?

[Blue_Tires]

Last edited Sun Jan 11, 2015, 05:59 PM - Edit history (1)

A source they gave anonymity to after re-printing AQAP statements in full, no less?

Or is Scahill conflating "source" (who divulges information on a 1-1 basis) with "spokesman" (who would be the same person or group of people responsible for disseminating AQAP communiques to the public) because there is a HUGE difference...
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/01/09/alwaki-paris/

http://www.lawfareblog.com/2015/01/the-intercept-finds-an-anonymous-source-it-can-trust/

[Electric Monk]

1. You're talking about this? I haven't read it yet, I found it with a quick google.

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/01/09/alwaki-paris/

[xocet]

2. Here are your links...

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/

and

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/01/09/alwaki-paris/

[Hutzpa]

3. That link

this is all I see when I click on your link, for future reference

http://api.viglink.com/api/click?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_14209628752996&key=b716156ab5ecd7182fdbf9e72d749dcb&libId=f2960cfd-0020-434c-8b91-bc4d7cf76264&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.democraticunderground.com%2F10026070546&v=1&out=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.donotlink.com%2Fd5vd&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.democraticunderground.com%2F%3Fcom%3Dforum%26id%3D1002&title=Am%20I%20reading%20this%20right%3F%20The%20Intercept%20has%20their%20own%20source%20inside%20AQAP%3F%20-%20Democratic%20Underground&txt=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.donotlink.com%2Fd5vd
connecting to api.vgilink.com 54.225.135.22 WARNING: DO NOT TRY TO SPEAK GREEK TO A GREEK.

Looks kind of scary to me.

[Electric Monk]

5. When I saw the link in the OP I decided I'd trust google more, so... reply #1. nt

[grasswire]

6. No kidding!

That link ought to be disappeared.

[LeftyMom]

4. Scahill's done a lot of on the ground reporting in Yemen and developed a lot of sources there.

If you're at all familiar with his reporting you'd be aware of this.

[Blue_Tires]

7. I'm just interested to know why

FLM has long derided over-reliance on anon govt sources while giving AQAP anonymity+top billing...

[geek tragedy]

8. Glenn Greenwald told us Al Awlaki was an innocent lamb who never even committed a

parking violation.

Surely this cannot be correct.

[m-lekktor]

9. I know Jeremy Scahill's "Dirty Wars" documentary and book did that.

that's where i got my impression there was no actual proof he was a terrorist.

[msanthrope]

10. Scahill simply forgot to mention at least 4 seperate court proceedings where evidence was introduced

showing that Awlaki was a co-conspirator in terror. He also forgot to mention Awlaki being on UN resolution 1267.

He is a liar.