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Pair Convicted for Leaking Infamous British Memo Detailing Bush's Desire to Bomb Al Jazeera

Pair Convicted for Leaking Infamous British Memo Detailing Bush's Desire to Bomb Al Jazeera

A pair of British men were sentenced to jail on Thursday for leaking a classified memo that revealed President Bush told British Prime Minister Tony Blair in April 2004 that he wanted to bomb the Doha headquarters of the Arabic television network Al Jazeera. They were convicted after a highly secretive trial. Davide Simonetti of the website Blairwatch joins us in London. [includes rush transcript]

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