Psychology insights in the news

In a follow-up to the "theory of cognitive Dissonance" we discussed as the basis of the "defense mechanisms we observed in Catcher in the Rye, this recent story actually recalls one of the classic examples from social psychology (by Leon Festinger) we discussed in one of my classes.  Check out this writer's analysis, and notice as events in the news continue to unfold, how many of the DM behaviors are demonstrated by those involved...