Their response reminds me of when I was a kid trying to figure out what my friends got me for my birthday-

“Remote Control Car?”

“No.”

“Legos?”

“No.”

“Grimlock of the Dinobots?”

“…maybe.”

“MASK action figures?”

“No.”

From the CNN article:

Hersh also said Doug Feith, the undersecretary of defense for policy, oversaw Defense Department civilians who “have been working with Israeli planners and consultants to develop and refine potential nuclear, chemical-weapons and missile targets inside Iran.”

But DiRita said ties between Feith and Israel “do not exist.”

The defense spokesman added, “Mr. Hersh is building on links created by the soft bigotry of some conspiracy theorists. This reflects poorly on Mr. Hersh and the ‘New Yorker.’ “

Heh- “soft bigotry”- I guess the neocons can’t pull out the old anti-semitic card on this one as they have in the past against other (less Jewish) critics.

The Pentagon would have been served just as well by putting out a press release reading in full, “Well, what the hell does he know?” Adding, “You guys!!! You’re crazy. Seriously, we won’t confirm or deny anything.”

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