Talk:Anne Garrels

Sarin gas story
The following has been repeatedly removed from the article by various anonymous IP's:
 * On November 10, 2004, [Garrels] was the reporter who first reported information, soon refuted, that the Marines had found a "store of sarin nerve gas" during the attack

The URL referenced includes a link to the retraction, so the statement seems strongly sourced to me. I'm honestly tired of reverting the removals, though. Is this fact notable enough to bother? --TreyHarris 07:53, 19 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Maybe not. In any case, the wording is rather misleading.  If the fact is restored, it ought to be phrased something like: "On November 10, 2004, Garrels was the first to report that the Marines had found packages that were initially suspected to contain the nerve gas sarin.  The packages were later determined to be testing kits for the presence of sarin."  —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 16:26, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

I am, I believe the person who started this Anne Garrels listing on Wikipedia. The importance of the issue of the sarin gas report by Garrels seems obviously of great importance. The U.S. administration and other supporters of the invasion/occupation were still in Nov. 2004 claiming that weapons of mass destruction were the justification for the war and were still arguing that they would be found. This was not an insignificant moment in the journalistic history of this war. My interest in Garrels all along is her extraordinary access. Is it her connection to the CIA through her husband, J. Vinton "Vint" Lawrence, or her own connections to the U.S. State Department, Diplomatic Security, etc.? TayacanTayacan

What exactly is the objection to the former version of this article?
The paragraph removed by Jimbo in this diff seems relatively well-sourced to me. The claims made in it all seem to be also made (and, I think, sourced) in the article on J. Vinton Lawrence himself, and I don't see anyone removing them there. However, I've put in a version which I believe and hope will be completely noncontroversial for now, until someone lets me know exactly what the unsourced facts in the old version were. Unless there's a claim that the Vint Lawrence she's married to actually isn't J. Vinton Lawrence?- Polo  te t  01:21, 21 April 2006 (UTC) ETA: Looking back through the history, I see the crux of the debate seemed to be the claim that her guards in Iraq killed a couple of people. Maybe the removal of the paragraph about her husband was some accidental collateral damage?- Polo  te t  01:33, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
 * As Jimbo indicated that the concern was lack of sourcing for the claims about her husband within the article, I have readded the information with sources.- Polo  te t  02:20, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Your sources show that (1) Garrels is married to a "Vint Lawrence" and (2) that somebody called Vint Lawernce worked for the CIA. Could you provide a source to link the two names to the same person? Andreww 07:19, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Death from lung cancer
Was she a smoker? 173.88.246.138 (talk) 01:30, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Departure from Russia
My understanding from ABC News colleagues is Anne had to leave Russia after a car accident in which she hit and killed a Russian. Intuitive1 (talk) 16:13, 16 March 2024 (UTC)