This followed Representative John Murtha's impassioned plea on Thursday to start the process of bringing troops home, a plea which included a scathing denouncement of the Bush administration.

NPR: Political Fireworks Erupt in Washington over Iraq

"Regardless of how I judged the story for fairness or accuracy, responsibility was mine, " McChrystal writes in his new memoir, which offers a carefully worded denouncement of the story.

NPR: McChrystal Takes Blame For Rolling Stone Article

Mark Lynas, a British journalist and longtime anti-GMO campaigner who is credited (or blamed, depending upon your perspective) by some with coining the word Frankenfood, delivered a public and articulate denouncement of himself or rather his former belief that GM crops and foods were a public health and environmental scourge.

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