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Martha Raddatz' report from ABC's Washington bureau on the CIA's probable assassination of Baitullah Mehsud was not definitive. She could not tell us Mehsud was dead. "The United States believes there are strong indications" was as close as she came. And she could not tell us who told her, citing "a senior US official." Raddatz was not even certain what Mehsud's precise role in Pakistan's recent violence had been. He was "believed to be behind" the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and suicide bombers in Lahore. What she could tell us was that "the United States and Pakistan have been trying to track Mehsud for months: nine of the last ten CIA drone strikes have been aimed at his network." On NBC, Jim Miklaszewski filed a brief stand-up from the Pentagon relying on similar sources: "US officials are confident," was the way he described Mehsud's presumed demise. If it is true, Miklaszewski unidentified official source told him, "that would be great."
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