Brian Ross's Dan Rather Moment

Brian Ross of ABC News claimed last night that House Speaker Dennis Hastert is a prime target of the DOJ's investigation into Jack Abramoff. The DOJ said the ABC story is false, but Brian Ross is sticking by the story. Jawa calls it a "Dan Rather moment."

Incidentally, Brian Ross was behind the NBC Dateline report in the early 90s whereby NBC rigged explosive devices in an attempt to argue that pickup truck gas tanks were dangerous. Essentially, the story was made up.