"Swiftboating" Cindy Sheehan

I saw a few passing references to 'May Hasan Lamotte' yesterday in the print media. She was portrayed as 'an Iraqi woman who just had to drive to Crawford to tell Cindy Sheehan that her son died for a noble cause. ' One news report yesterday said: 'An Iraqi woman who moved recently to the United States, drove with her husband from Washington, D.C., to thank Sheehan for her sacrifice. But the woman, May Hasan Lamotte, 37, did not agree with Sheehan's call to pull the troops out of Iraq. "I came after reading about Miss Cindy. They think their children are dead for nothing, and I am one who got freedom. I am grateful for her son and American soldiers. Everybody thinks (Casey) died for nothing. He gave his life as many other brave soldiers have to give me and my country freedom," she said.'

This 'Iraqi woman' then showed up on Hardball to swiftboat Cindy. Something about her didn't strike me as being right. There was a passing reference to her being married to an American journalist.

'Military intelligence skills and Google, don't fail me now, I thought. More on what I found on the flip...

http://sharon-jumper.dailykos.com/
Sharon Jumper's diary

The faux Iraqi woman on Hardball is married to Greg Lamotte with Voice of America (VOA). I know stuff about them, but decided to find their public website, lest I inadvertently disclose classified info.

Here you go, from
http://www.voanews.com/english/About/fastfacts.cfm

Draw your own conclusions about what this agency is... and why a wife of one of their 'reporters' was put on national tv to attack a grieving mother.