Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "W. Thomas Smith Jr." in English language version.
... I should have caveated the reporting by saying that I only witnessed a fraction of what happened (from a moving car), with broader details of what I saw ultimately told to me by what I considered then – and still consider to be – reliable sources within the Cedar Revolution movement, as well as insiders within the Lebanese national security apparatus.
Two of our independent sources agreed with Smith's critics that the event was unlikely, and one—an editor who lives and works in Beirut—flatly stated that it didn't happen. [...] In general, too much of Smith's information came from sources who had an incentive to exaggerate the threat Hezbollah poses to Lebanon.
