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by thetallstick 1563 days ago
For those who don't get the Judith Miller reference.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destr...

"In the buildup to the 2003 war, the New York Times published a number of stories claiming to prove that Iraq possessed WMD. One story in particular, written by Judith Miller, helped persuade the American public that Iraq had WMD: in September 2002 she wrote about an intercepted shipment of aluminum tubes which the NYT said were to be used to develop nuclear material."