distinguished journalists in America and Britain : reporters such as Dan Rather of CBS , Rageh Omar of the BBC , David Rose of the Observer . All of them said that had journalists and broadcasters done their job and questioned the propaganda that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction ; had the lies of George W. Bush and Tony Blair not been amplified and echoed by journalists , the 2003 invasion of Iraq might not have happened , and hundreds of thousands of men , women and children would be alive today . The propaganda laying the ground for a war against Russia and/or China is no different in principle .
But it ’s a sentiment that could be shared by a lot of people given the FBI ’s recent record . Bureau Director James Comey ’s news conference , in which he laid out an extended record of misconduct by Hillary Clinton but then announced that he would n’t recommend prosecuting her , was just the latest in a series of very visible FBI failures . The FBI had interviewedcontact.discussion.meetBoston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev , after being warned by the Russian government that he was a threat , but still did nothing . Three people were killed and more than 260 were injured as a result . The FBI also investigated in advance but failed to prevent mass killings by Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan and Arkansas shooter Carlos Bledsoe .
It may not have been the choicest of venues for Donald Trump , as he disputes the charge that he is being played by Russian President Vladimir Putin . But there he was Thursday , being interviewedcontact.discussion.naon Russia Today , the network funded by the Kremlin . Trump ’s campaign said it was all a big mistake . The interviewer was Larry King , whom Trump has known for years .