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In this week's New York, Chris Suellentrop looks at the two Seymour Hershes:

Seymour M. is the byline. He navigates readers through the byzantine world of America s overlapping national-security bureaucracies, and his stories form what Hersh has taken to calling an alternative history of the Bush administration since September 11, 2001.

Then there s Sy. He s the public speaker, the pundit. On the podium, Sy is willing to tell a story that s not quite right, in order to convey a Larger Truth. Sometimes I change events, dates, and places in a certain way to protect people, Hersh told me. I can t fudge what I write. But I can certainly fudge what I say.

There's actually a third—he makes margaritas and does cannonballs at his friends' pool parties—but he wasn't worth mentioning.

Sy Hersh Says It s Okay to Lie (Just Not in Print) [NYM]