I joined the 'Times' in 1972, and I came with the mark of Cain on me because I was clearly against the war. But my editor, Abe Rosenthal, he hired me because he liked stories. He used to come to… — Seymour Hersh Copy Share Image
I came out of a lower-middle-class background. At that time, everyone used to define themselves: Stalinist, Maoist, whatever. I thought they meant 'miaowist'. Seriously! Something to do with cats. — Seymour Hersh Copy Share Image
If Bush had gone into Iraq for cynical reasons, we could cut our losses now. What's frightening is that he did it for ideological… — Seymour Hersh Copy Share Image
At a meeting in her office in the late summer of 2002, months before the war in Iraq, prisoner abuse at Guantanamo is discussed.… — Seymour Hersh Copy Share Image
Using words to make other people less big made me feel bigger, though the psychological dimension to that... well, I don't want to explore… — Seymour Hersh Copy Share Image
We'd be better off if the whole purpose of the adventure in Iraq was, say, to protect Israel or to protect the flow of… — Seymour Hersh Copy Share Image
The idea of photographing an Arab man naked and having him simulate homosexual activity, and having an American GI woman in the photographs, is… — Seymour Hersh Copy Share Image
There's been a lot of talk about how bad the reporting was, particularly with the George W. Bush Administration after 9/11. The general assumption,… — Seymour Hersh Copy Share Image
If George W. Bush had gone into Iraq for cynical reasons, we could cut our losses now. What's frightening is that he did it… — Seymour Hersh Copy Share Image
I don't think I've ever met a public official that didn't think he was doing the right thing. I can't think of one. — Seymour Hersh Copy Share Image
How can you have a security guarantee? The Europeans can give their security guarantees to Iran all they want in return for their stopping… — Seymour Hersh Copy Share Image
