Defiant Helen Thomas defends remarks that led to exit | freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Defiant Helen Thomas defends remarks that led to exit | freep.com | Detroit Free Press: "Striking a defiant tone, journalist Helen Thomas, 90, said today she absolutely stands by her controversial comments about Israel made earlier this year that led to her resignation. But she stoked additional controversy with new remarks, claiming that 'Zionists' control U.S. foreign policy and other American institutions. The local Jewish community strongly condemned her remarks."