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Wash. Post, CNN ignored McConnell's retraction on role of newly expanded FISA in German terror arrests

September 13, 2007 4:03 pm ET

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SUMMARY: After reporting on National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell's claim that the recently approved law expanding the government's ability to eavesdrop on U.S. citizens contributed to arrests in Germany, The Washington Post and CNN have not subsequently reported that McConnell has since acknowledged that the newly passed law did not factor into the German arrests.

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