WHY DIDN'T HE READ THE ARTICLE?

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-01448R000401580023-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 24, 2012
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: October 14, 1988
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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WhydidnYhe
read the article?
William Rusher's Sept. 14 column,
"How to watch the TV news,"attacks
NBC's Ken Bode for drawing atten-
tion to our October cover story,
"Company Man," a feature story
about Vice President' George Bush's
less-than-distinguished record as di-
rector of the CIA.
In his rush to criticize Mr. Bode
and denounce Mother Jones as a
"rag" which he "wouldn't blame you
for not having heard of." the colum-
nist neglects to mention the sub-
stance of the story: that high-
ranking sources within the CIA told
our reporters Mr. Bush had been
"largely ineffective" as CIA chief
and had "virtually turned the store
over" to covert operators he was sup-
posed to control.
Mr. Rusher neglected to mention
the credentials of our reporter, Scott
Armstrong. Mr. Armstrong is a for-
mer Washington post reporter, for-
mer senior investigator for the Sen-
ate Watergate Committee and
co-author, with Bob Woodward, of
"The Brethren," a celebrated book
about the Supreme Court.
Perhaps Mr. Rusher, who seems to
think invective is a healthy substi.
tute for analysis, should get around
to reading the article before hurry-
ing to denounce it.
DOUGLAS FOSTER
Editor
Muther Jones
San Francisco
The Washington Post
The New York Times
The Washington Times
The Wall Street Journal
The Christian Science Monitor New York Daily News
USA Today The Chicago Tribune
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