Posted with­out com­ment:
[From W. Thomas Smith Jr.](http://tank.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MWZmZGM5NWVhNzFhNTQ1ZjhlM2VkNzBmYWFmNTM0MmQ=): “After much reflec­tion and con­sid­er­a­tion, I am with­draw­ing from my pro­fes­sional rela­tion­ship as a reg­u­lar free­lancer with *National Review Online*.“
[Kathryn Jean Lopez weighs in](http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NmU4ZjkxNGVkMWZlMGIzZWZkYTM2NDZkYmM5NDQxY2I=):

I apol­o­gize to all of our read­ers. We should have required Smith to clearly source all of his orig­i­nal report­ing from Lebanon. Smith let him­self become sus­cep­ti­ble to spin by those tak­ing him around Lebanon, so his report­ing from there should be read with that knowl­edge. (We are attach­ing this note to all his Lebanon report­ing.) This was an edit­ing fail­ure as much as it was a report­ing fail­ure. We let him down, and we let you down, and we’re tak­ing steps to make sure it doesn’t hap­pen again.
Smith has, on his own, decided that he will no longer write for NRO. We respect his decision.