Putz and Surber Are Like Woodward & Bernstein. Expect, You Know, They Get Everything Wrong.

Putz:

DON SURBER ON TORTURE, SILENCE, AND COMPLICITY.

Surber:

IF you know about the torture manual used by al-Qaida, then you did not learn about it by reading the Washington Post, the New York Times or sadly, this newspaper. Neither the Associated Press nor Reuters picked up on the story.

Fox News was the only major outlet with the story.

Reality:

I'm Wolf Blitzer. You're in THE SITUATION ROOM.

Horrifying images uncovered in Iraq, a torture training manual detailing the gruesome methods insurgents and terrorists brutally use on their victims. We have to warn you, there are images here that will be extremely disturbing to many of you.

CNN's Brian Todd joining us now with an exclusive look. Brian, where were these pictures, first of all, found?

BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Wolf, they were found in an Al Qaeda safe house during recent raids in and around Baghdad. U.S. military officials say these images that they just declassified show the true nature of what the Iraqi people are facing and they reinforce in the minds of American military commanders why U.S. forces are there.

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TODD (voice-over): Torture at the hands of Al Qaeda. Victims suspended upside down and whipped, drilled through the hand, suspended from a ceiling and electrocuted. U.S. military officials say these cartoons are part of an Al Qaeda training manual, complete with how to use a blowtorch on a victim's body. These drawings given to CNN by the U.S. military in Iraq were found on a computer captured during recent raids of Al Qaeda safe houses.

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I eagerly await Putz and Surber's rationalizations; according to them, CNN a) isn't a "major" news outlet and b) didn't break the story.

It's a damn good thing the blogosphere is self-correcting!

UPDATE: Just to give you an idea of the mendacity we're dealing with, Little Green Footballs acknowledged CNN's scoop, like, a week ago.