The report was published on Friday and was headlined “A top Biden official is pushing an urgent post-Gaza plan that’s alarming some insiders” . Senior diplomatic correspondent Ahmed insisted that he had included anonymous quotes of several American officials in the piece. However, he tweeted on Saturday that National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson had responded to his request for comment by completely denying his quotes. He wrote, “20 hours after my deadline – now my story has been read by >150k people — WH has sent comment. Such smear tactics in response to scrutiny & journalism are scary – and reflective of the Trump-style thinking Biden is selling himself as opposing,” he said.

Source: Huffington Post January 15, 2024 12:40 UTC