Mainstream Paranoia

Steve Coll, who made the news recently by deciding to leave The Washington Post as its managing editor and heir apparent as Executive Editor Len Downie’s replacement, had an interesting commentary on NPR’s All Things Considered Friday (go here and scroll down to Steve Coll’s piece). He suggests what many think is in the mind of only the most rabid conspiratists: The Pakistani army “knows how to take good care of itself.”