This is the Q and A with Scott Ritter, on April 18, 2007 in Indianapolis, with his discussion of the media`s "conspiracy" of silence, including its turning a blind eye to deceptions about Iran and to US (CIA) funding of al-Qaeda associated groups in Lebanon to fight against Iranian backed Hezbollah. The support of al-Qaeda groups was originally reported by Seymour Hersh. (Now it appears that the US - in that it funds Pakistani operations in the tribal areas - has been supporting Pakistani military assistance for the Taliban in their efforts to kill Uzbek militants. The Taliban have been attacking Uzbeks "because of their reluctance to kill American troops."
See "Taliban All Over," The Economist, April 12, 2007.