Did anyone else notice the three major omissions in the 60 Minutes coverage of the former Democratic Governor Don Siegelman story? These omissions were biggies that make Siegelman's incarceration more clearly the incarceration of a 'political prisoner'.
Maybe you may have noted even more omisions than this, but here are the three I noticed:
1/ 60 Minutes failed to clarify that the election won by Siegelman was somehow finessed into a win for his opponent -- and the challenger Siegelman's right to have a proper recount was corrupted.
2/ Siegelman's incarceration has included being shifted in communicado from one jail/prison to another without his lawyer's or family's knowledge of his whereabouts.
3/ Siegelman's APPEAL has been undermined by the Alabama federal and state authorities who refuse to release the trial's documents in a timely fashion.
I don't consider these small oversights on such a case.
And CBS's 60 Minutes cannot claim lack of time, because I've seen longer segments on music, sports, and sleezy crime personalities.
So what's up? Was the story for Siegelman made weaker on purpose, by plan, under pressure? What gives? What's the story behind the story now?