Spinonymous sources: Newsweek quoted unnamed "congressional aide" praising Bush's "second wind"

An article for the June 26 edition of Newsweek on President Bush's "fresh strategy to build bipartisan support for the new Iraqi cabinet" quoted an anonymous "congressional aide" who attended a picnic at the White House saying: "It was like they'd gotten a second wind, the president especially. ... I haven't seen them that relaxed in a long, long time." Newsweek correspondents Richard Wolffe and Holly Bailey wrote their source "declined to be named when talking about a private event," but this explanation appears not to meet the magazine's guidelines for anonymous sourcing. Read more