Edited sentence: According to Barkha Dutt, Admiral Sureesh Mehta sent her a letter of apology as his source was a blog written by Chaitanya Kunte.Barkha Dutt accepted that she did call the Oberoi Trident hotel and then reported the presence of hostages.Barkha Dutt denied allegations that she gave away Indian Army's positions during the Kargil War.Barkha Dutt replied by calling herself a "Cynical Political Journalist" and that she made an error of judgement.Barkha Dutt sent a legal notice to Chaitanya Kunte and forced him to issue an apology.Barkha Dutt was asked why she did not report the fact that a Corporate Lobbyist (Radiaa) representing powerful industrialists (Mukesh Ambani, Ratan Tata...etc) was interested and playing an active role in the appointment of ministers and Government formation.In an attempt to cleanse her battered image, Barkha Dutt agreed to be grilled on TV by a panel of her peers that included the editor of Open Magazine which broke the story on the Radiaa Tapes.Security forces conducting operations against terrorists in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks had initially informed that there were no hostages inside the Oberoi Trident Hotel (possible strategic decision to disinform handlers who were directing the Terroists).She defended this later in an interview by saying "other journalists reported it as well" and by terming it an "inadverdant mistake"