Part 37 of a series. Continued from this post.

Jamil, We Hardly Knew Ye
Dafydd ab Hugh

Patterico says he "just doesn't get it," referring to AP's ever taller tale of Jamil Hussein Ghdaab Gulaim Ghdaab Redacted.

Specifically, he objects to the conclusion that AP knew "Jamil Hussein" was a pseudonym:

UPDATE: Let me make clear what I’m confused about. Everyone is running around screeching that the AP knowingly used a pseudonym.

What is the proof?

The problem is that Patterico -- being a first-rate trial lawyer (prosecutor) -- tends to think like a lawyer... which is extremely useful in his chosen profession (and is probably one reason why he chose that profession in the first place), but which can lead to unnecessary demands. Specifically, I believe Patterico is waiting for actual evidence -- some AP reporter testifying that they knew it was a nom de guerre -- that will never materialize, for obvious reasons. In this case, we can get farther by just being logical about the question.

What are the possible cases? ...

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The Latest & Greatest On Jamil Hussein
Posted by Curt

I decided to step away a bit, but not completely, on the Jamil Hussein story and get back to the crux of the story.  The whole thing has become convoluted and twisted to the point where people are not sure which way is up so I figured a little history on the story would be worth my time to convey with some additional commentary.

If you read through all of my posts on this subject from the beginning you will find that I named my original posts "Getting The News From The Enemy".  I named them that because THAT was the crux of the story.  I put in a lot of work to show that much of what was being reported by the AP should be questioned and appeared to come from stringers.  When I focused on Jamil and my suspicions turned out to be justified the blogosphere went bananas.  But in so doing everyone, including myself, focused on one man, one source, as the crux of the story.  Nothing could be further from the truth.

The story begins with the Burning Six incident and the lack of any evidence to suggest that this event ever happened. ...

Read the whole thing, folks. It's long but it's an excellent summary of the history of Jamilgate.

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Scott Johnson has a lengthy and worthy related piece here.

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