Various news reports, most citing anonymous sources, have said that it contained metal pellets covered in a chemical, possibly rat poison, and that it could have been detonated remotely.
Felt, the world's most famous anonymous source, may have come forward just in time to grab the last seat at the funeral of anonymous sourcing.
W. Mark Felt, who was the No. 2 official at the F.B.I. when he helped bring down President Richard M. Nixon by resisting the Watergate cover-up and becoming Deep Throat, the most famous anonymous source in American history, died Thursday.
This report by the WSJ is the most detailed yet, citing anonymous sources who state there will be a high-end version of the next iPhone that will sport exclusive hardware.
Most readers understand the need for anonymous sources (or can be reminded of the need when necessary).
Instead, readers of his column this Sunday were treated to a bland discussion about the vexatious problem of anonymous sources that placed most of the blame for this blight on the sources.
And most of them have to rely on anonymous sources at times; that's just the way it is.
Most of these reports attribute the information to anonymous sources.
Editor's note: In most cases, The Horn avoids using material from anonymous sources.
More troubling than Klein's frequent use of anonymous sources, though, is his habit of granting anonymity to those most of us (including Klein himself) consider terrorists.
