In Stunning U-Turn, NBC Retracts Story That Obama Lied About bin Laden

It would appear someone at NBC News got a rather large tap on the shoulder. In what is a stunning reversal of their confirmation that President Obama lied and lying about the killing of bin Laden, NBC News has updated their original story - that "two intelligence sources tell NBC News that the year before the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, a 'walk in' asset from Pakistani intelligence told the CIA where the most wanted man in the world was hiding" - to this - "Sources say that while the asset provided information vital to the hunt for bin Laden, he was not the source of his whereabouts." As Slate concludes, while NBC’s story doesn’t use the word correction or retraction, that’s what this appears to be.

Since we discussed the details of the original NBC News 'confirmation' story here...

...the Obama administration has spent the last 24 hours working to discredit the story. Pentagon spokesman Col. Steve Warren said the report from Hersh was “largely a fabrication” with “too many inaccuracies.”

The White House says the Hersh’s investigation is riddled with inaccuracies.

And now, NBC News "retracts"... (as Slate reports)

Shortly after the Hersh story’s publication, NBC News did seem to have confirmed one of its surprising details, namely that a “walk-in asset” from Pakistani intelligence had approached the CIA in 2010 and given it Bin Laden’s location. Hersh claims that this “walk-in” was a more important source of information on Bin Laden’s whereabouts than the courier who, in most other reports on the al-Qaida’s leader's death, was identified and followed by American intelligence until he unknowingly led them to Abbottabad.

Here’s what NBC wrote earlier this week:

Two intelligence sources tell NBC News that the year before the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, a “walk in” asset from Pakistani intelligence told the CIA where the most wanted man in the world was hiding.

If true, that would be major news. But NBC now says it’s not actually true. Here’s what now appears atop NBC’s story on the walk-in:

Editor's Note: This story has been updated since it was first published. The original version of this story said that a Pakistani asset told the U.S. where bin Laden was hiding. Sources say that while the asset provided information vital to the hunt for bin Laden, he was not the source of his whereabouts.

While NBC’s story doesn’t use the word correction or retraction, that’s what this appears to be. The walk-in “did not provide the location of the al Qaeda leader’s Abottabad, Pakistan compound,” the story now says.

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Did the most transparent administration in history just transparently strong-arm the press?

Comments

[rejected]

Bullshit to reinforce the "we got Bin Laden" bullshit. Note the conversation is now how it was done rather than if it was done at all.

The man is said to have renal failure and needed dialysis. The average lifespan of that disease is 5-10 years given the best of conditions which he did not have.

Of course the CIA auxiliary Snopes.con says its a con-spiracy theory BUT the zero's in the incorrectly named Intel Agencies have muddled and destroyed the information so much ( they're favorite method ) that it's impossible to verify.

Fact: OBL was never wanted by the u.s for the WTC demolition derby taking down the entire u.s air defense system for hours.

Fact: OBL was wanted for bombing an embassy and supposedly a u.s warship USS Cole. (LOL)

Fact: There is no such thing as a credible Intel agent. ( the words  credible or intelligence does not describe these parasites )

Any information coming out of that leach den in Washington, its vassal MSM  or the gutless mercenary boobus's in the Pentagram are bullshit at best.

[Moccasin]

Oh look, they are painting on the barn again!

[matinee55]

nbc, aka, nothing but commies, watched only by don't give a chit, LOFO'S

[DuneCreature]

You mean to tell me they lied about the lie they told to keep their big lie about the lying straight?

Well, those lying bastards!

I knew we’d catch them in a lie sooner or later.

~ DC

[yogibear]

King Obama's staff called NBC and threatened.

[yellowsub]

Makes sense, couldn't make the Comcast deal go through...

[FiendNCheeses]

If there is one subject that should be pursued relentlessly and tirelessly, it's that the media is nothing but propaganda controlled by governments and special interests. Call it NBC, CNN, FNC, ABC, CBS or whatever acronym you choose, it's all BS.

Propaganda and corruption in the media should be the primary focus of blogs like Zero Hedge and journalists like Seymour Hersh. After all, it's the lies spread through mainstream media that make all other lies possible.