One is that a huge institution like DOD has trouble getting its story straight. When DOD said no chemical attacks were ever made by the Iraqi s on our troops, they were saying that systematically launched strikes never happened. They were not saying that no-one stumbled upon Iraqi chemical weapons in bunkers. The fact that chemical alarms sounded does not mean an attack ensued. The fact that commanders instructed troops to be quiet about various complaints was more likely an effort to prevent rumor and panic in the ranks than an effort to hide the truth.
Any troop commander knows how rumor can affect morale.
In fact GWS is an example of a really big rumor, and Riley is the gossip clearinghouse. Riley jumps as fast as she can to the worst possible conclusion, time after time after time. Ironically in order to prevent the seminars from being labeled as a gathering of right wing loonies, they forbid second amendment issues. But radicals have more on their minds than just guns. Two of the organizers, Wes Curtis and John Foreman need a little more detachment if their vision of true discourse is ever going to be achieved.