Someone get a damp cloth, a glass of water, and tell Hugh Hewitt to take a seat, because another biased anti-military story has hit the stands:
The Pentagon said Wednesday Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld did not authorize the military to shoot down a small plane that prompted evacuations of Washington power centers on May 11.
The Washington Post, citing accounts given by federal officials who spoke on condition of anonymity, reported that Rumsfeld had given the military authority to take the action, if necessary, against the diminutive Cessna 150 that had wandered into restricted airspace over the Washington area.
Bryan Whitman, a Pentagon spokesman, said Rumsfeld gave no such authorization.