re: #36 Charles Johnson

Because they had to. Other journalists were sniffing around the story, getting ready to break it. They wanted to get out in front of it with their spin first.

And what a spin it is!

Obviously, there’s a lot of spin going on, but one would think that lawyers in the organization would counsel against going on the record regarding such matters, i.e., save it for the lawsuit.

Wonder what kind of severance package Taibbi got?