TIMESMAN TIPPED OFF TERROR CHARITY: FEDS (NY Times Correspondent Accused):
An old article which mentions Judith Miller.
A FReeper's take on it:
"Well New York Times, which is it going to be?
The term Fourth Estate refers to the press, both in its explicit capacity of advocacy and in its implicit ability to frame political issues. The term goes back at least to Thomas Carlyle.
Fifth Column refers to any clandestine group of people which works covertly inside a nation to undermine its strength (psychological warfare) while the nation is simultaneously suffering an overt attack by a foreign power or another faction in a civil war.
The term was coined by General Emilio Mola in a radio address during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939). As a Nationalist general, he sent four army columns to capture Madrid, which was being defended at that time by the Republican forces. The general referred to his hidden supporters inside the capital as his fifth column. The term caught on after the address was widely reported by international media.
206 posted on 07/06/2005 5:56:47 PM PDT by Plutarch"
Wednesday, July 06, 2005
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