1) The reason she's under personal attack from certain elements of the Right is because they can't stand up to the asking of tough questions, and all they have in their toolbag is to cut the questioner down at the knees. Kind of like how certain people see that an article has been picked up by truthout.org and immediately the article, the author, and anyone cited in it is immediately disregarded as "biased", and its spelling and grammar are likely suspected of liberal corruption as well. No room at all for dissent, and to hell with the First Ammendment--but don't touch my guns. People: read and think. You don't have to agree, but to participate rationally in discussion, you must read and think.
2) Given all the noise about it (largely thanks to Seymour Hersch), now IS the time to be asking the question.
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