Hallmarks of an orchestrated smear

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45. Jane Mayer is a treasure!

Which book?

I read "Strange Justice" years ago (co-written with Jill Abramson) but have been more on top of her articles. Her books Dark Money and The Dark Side have been on my "I really need to read that" list for too long.

As I noted in another post, the article that put her at the top of my list of journalists to track was "The Memo," (2006) about Alberto Mora, General Counsel in the U.S. Navy, who waged a campaign to ban the Bush administration's abuse and torture of detainees.

The story of how that effort was thwarted provides important insights into the key players and their lawlessness. It was my "go to" who's who of Bush administration evil for years.

The New Yorker
The Memo
Jane Mayer

https://web.archive.org/web/20140905064556/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/02/27/the-memo