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Raw Story Incorrectly Transcribes VP Cheney's Chief Legal Adviser Letter
Evidence has been developed suggesting Raw Story does not use an electronic transcription service, but manually transcribes PDF files. It remains to be understood whether Raw reviewed the original legal claims of the Vice President's legal counsel in re Barenblatt.
In a signed letter to the House Judiciary Staff counsel, the Vice President's legal advisor, Kathryn L. Wheelbarger, provided the correct case citation number to Congress. Barenblatt is 360 US 190.
However, Raw Story's transcript of the Vice President's chief legal counsel misstates the case citation:
"As the U.S. Supreme Court made clear in Barenblatt V. United States, 460 U.S. 109 (1959),"
The failed link shows there is no Supreme Court case matching the Raw Story's transcription of the legal counsel's citation. This error justifies giving entire Raw Story report additional scrutiny.
Before publishing the news article, Raw Story should have independently checked the legal references in the original letter and transcript; then examined whether the cited arguments from Barenblatt could or could not be reconstructed. Only then could Raw Story discuss whether the Vice President's legal counsel has or has not fairly used Barenblatt.
This appears to have never occurred, until now. This error alone suggests there may be other selective parsing of the original letter; and that there has been no review at Raw of the original Barenblatt case.
Putting aside the Raw Story transcription error, this note at TPMM will be available for you to leave comments about the Vice President's legal counsel letter to Congress, and deconstruct the VP counselor's legal citations referenced from Barenblatt.
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