Sources and Methods

I used Middle East expert Yossef Bodansky as a source in a couple of chapters "A Short History of the Long War."  For example, his book "Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America," which predated 9/11, chronicled Bin Laden's rise as a terror mastermind.  As a respected expert on foreign policy and national security I take his analysis seriously.

So what do I do now that Mr. Bodansky has written an article about the Obama administration knew that Syrian rebels, probably al-Qaeda, used the chemical weapons outside Damascus, not the Assad regime (there are supposedly reports about "kitchen sarin" being used - which has a strong odor - sarin has none.)  He even argues the U.S. knew about the attack in advance and helped arm the rebels with shipments of small arms shortly before the chemical attack took place.  This seems like quite a conspiracy theory that relies on multiple unnamed sources.  Until there's some evidence this is just a strange story