History's Second Draft
June 20, 2003
When The Washington Post first reported the capture and rescue of Private Jessica Lynch, some critics challenged the paper's reliance on "battlefield intelligence" and unnamed sources. This week, the Post revisited the story with a lengthy investigation that acknowledged the facts were "far more complex and different" than initial reports. Brooke talks to Dana Priest, a staff writer for the Washington Post who contributed to both iterations of the Lynch story.
