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Apparatus, and that's the many thrust of the story that cost a fortune and nobody knows, you know, what they are doing. and they can't crosscheck them. and it's completely out of control. so arkin actually turned on his own by making the obama administration look like they can't handle the u.s. intelligence apparatus. >> brit: look. i don't know whether he voted for barack obama or not, or whether he is obama same pa theismaner. what i do think about arkin is he is a person who has been a very strong critic of the u.s. military and intelligence establishments. and that is where his opinions an...

And side by side with dana priest, who is, whatever you may think of her, is a veteran correspondent washington. she is a reporter. in the standard conventional sense of that word. bill arkin has never been that he came out of human rights watch, green peace, the institute for policy studies, all left wing organizations. he has been a defense intellectual of the left for many, many years. he has written -- the post said he had been a reporter and columnist for them. he may have written columns for them. to my knowledge, he has never been a reporter for the "the washington post" or any other ne...

Authors are trying to paint a picture it's become too big. william arkin was the guy a few years ago who accused our military in iraq of being mercenaries, having fabulous perks. markson a despicable human being was suspended because of that we caught up with arkin, roll the tape. >> mr. arkin, can we talk about some of the comments you made. >> can you leave me alone. >> no we would like to talk to you for a second. how could you say what you said? don't you think that was hurtful and harmful. >> bill: arkin is back and his name is on that article. what do you think? >> i think for the most p...

Authors are trying to paint a picture it's become too big. william arkin was the guy a few years ago who accused our military in iraq of being mercenaries, having fabulous perks. markson a despicable human being was suspended because of that we caught up with arkin, roll the tape. >> mr. arkin, can we talk about some of the comments you made. >> can you leave me alone. >> no we would like to talk to you for a second. how could you say what you said? don't you think that was hurtful and harmful. >> bill: arkin is back and his name is on that article. what do you think? >> i think for the most p...

Called american troops in iraq mercenaries and who is seen by many people as not a middle of the road journalist but as a left-wing antiwar journalist. i don't think you would want to share your by line with that person. >> bill: it taints the article and makes everyone suspicious of it. >> it taints the article, exactly. >> bill: why do you think the post put him back on a front page assignment? >> i am guessing if this is a two year investigation, who knows he may have come up with this story. he certainly has a lot of contacts. >> bill: true. i don't have any beef with arkin on the op ed pa...