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The jig is up. Robert Jospeh, a top aide to Bush national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, worked with Dick Checny's office and "insisted" the uranium intel be included in Bush's State of the Union speech.
And here I thought 'Checny' was some clever pun that sailed right over my head.
posted by Space Coyote at 6:56 AM on July 18, 2003
posted by Space Coyote at 6:56 AM on July 18, 2003
Look at this: the intel guy believed to have leaked criticism to the BBC of how the Blairites "sexed up" their dossier was just found dead.
posted by CunningLinguist at 7:02 AM on July 18, 2003
Cunning linguist, you might want to rephrase that.
The intel guy who leaked criticism - but was believed to have NOT been the main source of the 'sexed up' quotation and who was widely believed to have been used as a scapegoat - was just found dead.
posted by niceness at 7:12 AM on July 18, 2003
The intel guy who leaked criticism - but was believed to have NOT been the main source of the 'sexed up' quotation and who was widely believed to have been used as a scapegoat - was just found dead.
posted by niceness at 7:12 AM on July 18, 2003
I'd think twice before critiquing someone named Cunning Linguist. What s/he said was pretty clear - and correct - to me.
posted by stonerose at 7:15 AM on July 18, 2003
posted by stonerose at 7:15 AM on July 18, 2003
Heh.
Anyway, I shouldn't have posted. There's a FPP now.
posted by CunningLinguist at 7:44 AM on July 18, 2003
Anyway, I shouldn't have posted. There's a FPP now.
posted by CunningLinguist at 7:44 AM on July 18, 2003
In other news, a Russian supply tanker exploded today in Grozny. It was apparently a target of Checny rebels.
posted by insomnia_lj at 8:22 AM on July 18, 2003
posted by insomnia_lj at 8:22 AM on July 18, 2003
And this couldn't have been posted in one of the 20 other posts about this whole affair?
posted by Mick at 9:02 AM on July 18, 2003
posted by Mick at 9:02 AM on July 18, 2003
It's not "an Affair," Mick - it's a moveable feast. And there's a few of us that spent a year getting slapped around that bought the "All you can eat" ticket.
I'm setting up a vomitorium in the back, guys. The right will be happy to know that it has been designated a non-partisan area. A win-win scenario.
posted by Perigee at 9:32 AM on July 18, 2003
I'm setting up a vomitorium in the back, guys. The right will be happy to know that it has been designated a non-partisan area. A win-win scenario.
posted by Perigee at 9:32 AM on July 18, 2003
The bigger bombshell that should be a FPP was just released by the Washington Post...
Bush administration, CIA had copies of forged uranium documents three months before State of the Union address!
This catches the administration in at least three obvious lies:
At least three obvious administration lies...
1> The Bush administration is on record that didn't have the documents until *after* State of Union address.
2> The Bush administration told UN inspectors requesting proof of these allegations that they didn't have copies of the documents, withholding their release until a month after the State of the Union address, thereby delaying the obvious determination that the documents were fraudulent.
3> They didn't just cite information in the State of the Union address that they suspected *could be* fraudulent. They would have had information from the CIA on the docs to tell them that it *was* fraudulent... but they cited the British anyway, because it was a technically true statement.
posted by insomnia_lj at 11:13 AM on July 18, 2003
Bush administration, CIA had copies of forged uranium documents three months before State of the Union address!
This catches the administration in at least three obvious lies:
At least three obvious administration lies...
1> The Bush administration is on record that didn't have the documents until *after* State of Union address.
2> The Bush administration told UN inspectors requesting proof of these allegations that they didn't have copies of the documents, withholding their release until a month after the State of the Union address, thereby delaying the obvious determination that the documents were fraudulent.
3> They didn't just cite information in the State of the Union address that they suspected *could be* fraudulent. They would have had information from the CIA on the docs to tell them that it *was* fraudulent... but they cited the British anyway, because it was a technically true statement.
posted by insomnia_lj at 11:13 AM on July 18, 2003
Cheney Energy Task Force Documents Feature Map of Iraqi Oilfields (via the agonist)
posted by muckster at 1:59 PM on July 18, 2003
posted by muckster at 1:59 PM on July 18, 2003
Stop it, stop it! I can't laugh and vomit at the same time!
posted by soyjoy at 2:10 PM on July 18, 2003
posted by soyjoy at 2:10 PM on July 18, 2003
Where does this go? The press can't impeach someone, and viewers voters get bored. Plus, how many people who voted for Bush are reading the WaPo and how many are digesting this?
posted by Ignatius J. Reilly at 2:33 PM on July 18, 2003
posted by Ignatius J. Reilly at 2:33 PM on July 18, 2003
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