Jerry Brito

Washington Post crusades for morality

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I thought I would open the Post today to find dozens of outraged letters to the editor, and maybe even an apology, regarding yesterday’s article on the backgrounds of UN weapons inspectors, so I didn’t post about it. But I was wrong–maybe I should have written a letter.

The article criticizes the UN for not checking backgrounds before picking people to be on weapons inspections teams. Fair enough. But what’s their evidence of this failure? The fact that one of the inspectors, a security contractor who is a former Marine and Secret Service specialist, also happens to be–on his own time–a leader of a Washington-area S&M group. That’s it.

He doesn’t have ties to terrorists. He’s not a criminal. He wasn’t dishonorably discharged. No. He just likes to get tied up or whatever–in his own bedroom. Who’s business is this?! Certainly not the Post’s. The fact that they splashed this guy’s personal life all over their pages is disgraceful. I mean, this is like saying, one of the inspectors isn’t qualified because he’s gay or likes to play vampire role-playing games. Who gives a freak? This story was a smear job. For shame.

Nov 29, 2002 | Comments