23-06-2014, 07:52 AM
Its interesting what SImkin leaves out.
The first declassified files released by the KGB revealed nothing about Hiss being a spy.
The Venona transcripts have been seriously questioned by Kai Bird as I said.
So now, SImkin backs up Weinstein by saying that there were other files in the USSR which confirmed Hede Massing's claims about Hiss.
What does Simkin leave out?
1. That Weinstein's documents are in the worst tradition of check book journalism. HIs publisher paid six figures for them.
2. Weinstein did not let anyone else see these documents.
3. His own translator disagreed with what Weinstein wrote about them.
4. Weinstein has been successfully challenged in the past for writing things his interview subjects say they did not say. And he was also sued and was forced to settle.
5. Anyone who presents Hede Massing as a credible witness under these circumstances is not playing kosher pool. Only someone like Weinstein would do such a thing.
As Albert points out, I am still waiting for Simkin to explain why the FBI had to fake a typewriter if Hiss was guilty.
That doesn't mean anything to him?
The first declassified files released by the KGB revealed nothing about Hiss being a spy.
The Venona transcripts have been seriously questioned by Kai Bird as I said.
So now, SImkin backs up Weinstein by saying that there were other files in the USSR which confirmed Hede Massing's claims about Hiss.
What does Simkin leave out?
1. That Weinstein's documents are in the worst tradition of check book journalism. HIs publisher paid six figures for them.
2. Weinstein did not let anyone else see these documents.
3. His own translator disagreed with what Weinstein wrote about them.
4. Weinstein has been successfully challenged in the past for writing things his interview subjects say they did not say. And he was also sued and was forced to settle.
5. Anyone who presents Hede Massing as a credible witness under these circumstances is not playing kosher pool. Only someone like Weinstein would do such a thing.
As Albert points out, I am still waiting for Simkin to explain why the FBI had to fake a typewriter if Hiss was guilty.
That doesn't mean anything to him?