Smears, Lies and Videotape: A Leak Scandal Documentary
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Smears, Lies and Videotape: A Leak Scandal Documentary
The story of the CIA leak scandal is far from over. But so much has already happened, sometimes it’s easy to miss the big picture.
We’ve created a video to help you keep everything straight. It uses footage pulled directly from the White House, recent TV news clips and other archival video to explain exactly what happened and why it’s important. Most of the story is told by administration officials themselves.
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The fact that the whole situation requires that much explanation is sad. People in the Bush Administration leaked the identity of a covert CIA operative who was likely working againt terrorist organizations, and could have possibly undermined her contacts and progress that she made in gathering information about future terrorist attacks. Way to fight terror, assholes.
November 16th, 2005 at 3:18 pmLooks like your server is getting swamped - the sound keeps on breaking up.
November 16th, 2005 at 3:27 pmOops! Woodward: My CIA Source Not Libby
Uh huh, this story just gets better, round & round it goes, where it stops does anybody really know, huh... huh? -Editor
November 16th, 2005 at 3:32 pmExcellent. Truly excellent! Aplauding in the aisles and screaming in the streets!
November 16th, 2005 at 3:42 pmPlease provide it in WMP format. Quicktime formated video never works.
All I get is blanks and on sound. nothing.
November 16th, 2005 at 3:46 pmno sound either
November 16th, 2005 at 3:53 pmcompelling video -- no trouble with sound here.
if you're going to post the dates with the video snippets, though, it would be better to put them forward chronological order, though. it's a very compelling video; the spin you add in splicing the scenes out of order is unnecessary!
November 16th, 2005 at 3:57 pmyeah, I have dumb ass restrictions here at work, WMP would work for me too, or I can just wait until I get home
November 16th, 2005 at 3:59 pmWord.
Nice work.
:)
November 16th, 2005 at 4:03 pmThe only smearing occuring is being done by liberals. Joe Wilson OUTED his wife by using her status to go to Niger in the first place. He was a plant by the Kerry campaign and his sole purpose to create a phony controversy.
Conservatives will fight back on this like you have never seen. If you want to play dirty, we'll be glad to get in the mud with you.
Why do liberals hate America so much?
November 16th, 2005 at 4:05 pmAlso - maybe you people should ask who Woodward's source is before you go on the attack.
November 16th, 2005 at 4:06 pmDilEnema,
you typed in your ID wrong after posting previously under a different name. Idiot.
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November 16th, 2005 at 4:15 pmThis story is so overdone. One person indicted over a crimeless incident. Big deal.
Feel the evil of Bushco! Conspiracy loonies unite!
November 16th, 2005 at 4:17 pm#13 -
November 16th, 2005 at 4:17 pmHe's just conserving bandwidth by shortening his blandle.
why do you all hate Bush so much? John Kerry, Billary, Maddy Albright, etc. all claimed Iraq had WMD. Only Bush was willing to do something about it. Why not be mad at everyone for LYING instead of just being partisan.
I think liberals should be forced to live in Iraq under the rule of someone like Sadam. Then, see how bad Bush is.
November 16th, 2005 at 4:25 pmCrimeless incident? Bahaha, yeah, outing an intelligence officer during a time of war - what a 'crimeless incident'.
Republicans are such looney whackos, and so consistently so... Whatever psychodelic you're taking sure is potent, you're clearly no longer present in our reality miss SiliconeBoob.
November 16th, 2005 at 4:26 pmNED,
Hey Ugly, Stupid boy. Why don't you serve in Iraq. I hear they have don't ask, don't tell policies for 70s gay porn stars like you...
November 16th, 2005 at 4:27 pmNED shows what being butt ugly, and drinking one's self into a lonely drunk stooper every night will do to fry what's left of one lonely retarded guy's intellect.
Poor butt ugly little thing. No wonder he hates women so much, clearly the only way he's getting any loving is by paying some serious cash!
November 16th, 2005 at 4:29 pmNED,
We already live under the rule of someone like Saddam.
He tortures. He uses WMDs. He puts his own citizens in jail without access to attorney's. He raids the government coffers to give money to his cronies. And he acts like a dictator on the world and national stage.
Unfortunately bush is very much like Saddam, that's why we're complaining you ugly whacko retard!
November 16th, 2005 at 4:31 pmI'm sure that's what some of the people tried and hung at Nuremburg said too. Crimelss incident, my a**!
All windbag ReichWingNuts belong in jail for their stupid complicity in enabling the Fall of America.
November 16th, 2005 at 4:33 pmGreat montage of the facts , more so can impeach the SOB.Sent a copy to his father , he'll be of his handy work.
November 16th, 2005 at 4:34 pmRyan,
Plame was not outed by Libby. If she was, why didn't Fitzgerald charge him with it?
November 16th, 2005 at 4:34 pm#18 Ryan -- There have been no indictments for 'outing' Plame -- which was the original reason for the investigation.
You are delusional.
November 16th, 2005 at 4:35 pmExcellent work. Perfect choice of music, too.
November 16th, 2005 at 4:36 pmThe ReichWingNuts think just because Libby is indicted means "it's over". Libby was simply caught with his pants down in the most obvious manner possible.
Don't look now, but Woodward spent another two hours in front of Fitzgerald on Monday. Karl, the GOP's Fat Queen, is still in trouble. So is Cheney... and it's not his heart machine that causing him pain either.
November 16th, 2005 at 4:38 pmwow,new development on Rawstory.com,just saw it
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/National_Security_Adviser_was_Woodwards_source_1116.html
National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley was the senior administration official who told Washington Post Assistant Managing Editor Bob Woodward that Valerie Plame Wilson was a covert CIA officer, attorneys close to the investigation and intelligence officials tell RAW STORY.
November 16th, 2005 at 4:42 pmneastdilemma, yeah, perhaps you should live under Abu Graib conditions.....Nazi-luver
November 16th, 2005 at 4:44 pm#25, the investigation isn't over, and as republicans pointed out with clinton, prosecuting for lying and coverup of an event is equivalent to admission of the original crime. It's just easier to prosecute on :)
Sorry, you lose by your own history - loser!
November 16th, 2005 at 4:48 pmNED and WhackoFakeBoob,
Libby was a co-conspirator. Only one party would have been the one to actually 'release' the information, the rest are co-conspirators. That means that only one person will likely ever be charged eventually for the actual crime, and most likely that will either be Hadley or Rove.
The others will probably be charged on related conspiracy charges such as Libby.
It's called 'laws', look it up sometime - you might find it educational. Considering your general intellectual laziness however, I doubt either of you will have either the fortitude or ability to actually digest the concept or its details.
November 16th, 2005 at 4:51 pm"If there is a leak out of my administration, I want to know who it is and if the person has violated the law, the person will be taken care of." --GWB, September 2003.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,162834,00.html
November 16th, 2005 at 4:53 pmNED,
You make wild claims about how bad saddam was, but recent polling in Iraq seems to indicate they think we're worse.
Forty-five per cent of Iraqis believe attacks against British and American troops are justified - rising to 65 per cent in the British-controlled Maysan province;
82 per cent are "strongly opposed" to the presence of coalition troops;
• less than one per cent of the population believes coalition forces are responsible for any improvement in security;
• 67 per cent of Iraqis feel less secure because of the occupation;
• 43 per cent of Iraqis believe conditions for peace and stability have worsened;
• 72 per cent do not have confidence in the multi-national forces.
November 16th, 2005 at 4:53 pmWow, powerful video, all the more schocking when you see all their lies in one place. Sad to see what the Bushies have done to our democracy - I guess it's A-OK with the NEDster. I guess he thinks they won't come knocking at his door in the middle of the night.
Re: performance, my firewall honked it up, but once I shut it down, the video was fine. Anyone have some money I can borrow, this guy in Niger seems to be in need.
I love the phase-shift on Cheney's voice. Darth Vader wishes he had it so good.
November 16th, 2005 at 5:05 pm#33
Ryan don't forget that Iraq had a 17% unemployment rate during Saddam. That's pretty bad. But, now Iraq has a 43% unemployment rate under Bush. That is really bad.
So, the Iraqis sit around with no jobs and watch as the no-bid contractors make sh!t loads of money working in their country.
That would never happen in the US, oh wait, yes it is.
This same thing is happening in NO, AL and LA right now!
November 16th, 2005 at 5:05 pm#33, #36 - ... and, 64% of Iraqi's supported the US occupation _until_ Abu Ghraib torture by US troops was revealed. Thereafter, 9% of Iraqis support the US presence.
So... when do We The People hand BushCo over to the Hague to be tried and hung for their crimes. The stuff these fools have lead this formerly great nation into is just sickening! Chemical weapons used on civilians. Torture all over the planet. Ugh. The images make me sick. But Repugs probably love look'n at all that carnage.
November 16th, 2005 at 5:10 pmNice Work.
November 16th, 2005 at 5:12 pmVery well done. Mad props!
November 16th, 2005 at 5:13 pmhey JC,
When you spew lies like: "Chemical weapons used on civilians. Torture all over the planet" -- it makes normal people think you are an extremist wacko. And then they disregard your message completely. Try living in reality -- it's not so bad.
November 16th, 2005 at 5:13 pmI think it about time for "We the People" stick to BushCo. Now!
November 16th, 2005 at 5:16 pmSillyConnedBoob,
The pentagon admitted they'd used wmds. Retarded doesn't begin to describe you bubba.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111605Z.shtml
November 16th, 2005 at 5:17 pm#40 - Try using your eyes to read and you mind to think before you prove yourself to be such an Intellectually Challenged ReichWingNut Idiot.
Do just a little research for your self sometime:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4442988.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4441128.stm
November 16th, 2005 at 5:21 pmRyan, the article says "white phosphorous shells are a standard weapon used by field artillery units and are not banned by any international weapons convention to which the U.S. is a signatory". So what is your point? That we used an acceptable weapon against the enemy? Whoa, stop the presses...
November 16th, 2005 at 5:24 pmJC, read your own article: "So WP itself is not a chemical weapon and therefore not illegal". Don't forget to take your meds.
November 16th, 2005 at 5:27 pmRegarding torture around the world:
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/38/8876
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/37/10761
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/37/9641
How much of this would have ended has Bush done the right things in Afghanistan? How much of this could have been avoided had Bush not invaded a largely harmless country, Iraq? We'll never know.
But for treason, for lying, for torture, for the tens of thousands of innocents killed, BushCo should be handed over to the Hague, tried, and hung for their evil deeds.
November 16th, 2005 at 5:29 pmSillyConnedBoob,
They have dual use. They aren't banned when used for battlefield lighting. When used as a chemical weapon fired into civilians they are considered a chemical weapon.
You really are a retarded whacko aren't you.
November 16th, 2005 at 5:30 pmWP used as an anti-personel weapon against civilians is a chemical weapon. One could only wish it is used on your loved ones one day. HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA you retarded evil rightwing fool.Suck it pig
November 16th, 2005 at 5:31 pmHere you go SillyConnedBoob, the Christian Science Monitor - you trust them - right?
"RAI says the use of white phosphorus in built-up areas amounts to the illegal use of chemical weapons"
and
"Washington is not a signatory of an international treaty restricting white phosphorus devices."
These devices ARE considered WMDs by international convention.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1108/dailyUpdate.html
November 16th, 2005 at 5:33 pmRegarding the use of chemical weapons in Iraq:
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/110805Z.shtml
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/printer_110805Z.shtml
I'm sure that Retard Repugs need their drugs to escape the reality and the horrors their Sainted Bush has purpetrated on the world. For the rest of us, only reality will ever do.
November 16th, 2005 at 5:34 pmhere mr o'lieley and limpdick, put THIS on your shows, and just try and pick it apart...deal? Great job TP, picture 60% of USA applauding....wow that's LOUD.
November 16th, 2005 at 5:39 pmSecret prisons, Chemical Weapons use, Torture, Murder of Prisoners, Stolen elections, subjegation of minorities that disagree with their party, crony capitalism, graft, propaganda press.
How again are republicans different from Saddam? They speak english as a first language is about the only difference that shows up.
November 16th, 2005 at 5:40 pmWoodward went from a hero to a slime..how many times did ya hear him on TV DEFENDING position against the CIA leak investagation...right up to the day Libby was indited. He has his little book deal with the Bushies and he didn't want that to go bad...He sold his ethics and his soul to the Bushies for 40 pieces of silver
November 16th, 2005 at 5:49 pmAccording to Bob Woodard, a water boy for the bush administration, this thing was going around the reporters for about a month before old slow brained novak printed it.
Why is woodard coming out of the closet now? Could it be that he was not on the inside of the biggest story since the nixon scandal and was a little peeved? Could be I guess.
The man is a lying egomaniac and is getting in this thing to try and take some heat off Bush and Cheney, no other reason. He said to himself - self, if my name wont do it, nothing will. He has been in bed with Bush and Cheney since the gitgo.
I hope he gets his with and get to do some Judy Miller time.
November 16th, 2005 at 5:50 pmNED -- Go be all that you can be -- join the army and stand up for the stupidity you display on your posts here.
November 16th, 2005 at 6:01 pmI read somewhere that Valerie Plame, who worked for Brewster Jennings, was outed for another reason. Brewster Jennings was the CIA operation investigating global WMD proliferation and they thwarted a shipment of VX going from Turkey to Iraq in 2002. The shipper of that VX was our own government. It would have been hidden in Iraq until our soldiers would have "found" it after the invasion.
November 16th, 2005 at 6:05 pmThe fact that she, an employee of BJ & Assoc., happened to be married to Joe Wilson, was a serendipitous gift to the administration, to expose BJ & Assoc. and eliminate their plans, programs, and operations.
Sounds pretty contrived? Think about this administration, their long-term goals, and what they have done in the past to their enemies.
Marie,
As I understand it, the Turks who were involved with that shipment were tied to the Carlyle Group, the Abramoff scandal, Delay and the entire NeoCon web of corruption. Illegal weapons proliferation is a huge problem that the US (republican business interests) have become tied with.
November 16th, 2005 at 6:10 pmSillyConnedBoob,
Do you feel STUPID now? YOU SHOULD!
November 16th, 2005 at 6:10 pmI wish I could see it, but I get a stuttering and scrambled stream. I see somebody else requested another format... Quicktime would be fine with me, along with probably any other format, if you provided a way to download the whole file rather than streaming. That way it could take however long it takes to download and then I could watch it without gaps etc.
November 16th, 2005 at 6:22 pm[...] put together an explanatory video for those who haven’t followed the Valerie Plame case. Permalink| [...]
November 16th, 2005 at 6:36 pm#58, Ryan
November 16th, 2005 at 6:44 pmI think I am going to be sick now.
#62,
And that's a reaction of a REAL american. The republican terrorist machine is beyond excusability. They are an evil, and horrific example of everything that is wrong and immoral in humanity!
November 16th, 2005 at 6:49 pmBRAVO THINKPROGRESS ON THE VIDEO, BRAVO!
November 16th, 2005 at 6:54 pmI agree, all white is all right.
Build more concentration camps.
November 16th, 2005 at 7:03 pm#66
"I agree, all white is all right.
Build more concentration camps."
As we have been saying, you guys are Nazis. How does it feel to be a Nazi? I bet you can't wait to get your cool uniform.
November 16th, 2005 at 7:09 pmThanks Ryan and Marie, until now I thought I knew quite a bit about the Carlyle group, but I was totally unaware of the VX.
That explains why dumbya and crashcart kept insisting there were WMD in Iraq. If it had worked, I bet the dumb Americans (that 51% mandate crap) would have totally forgotten that we were originally supposed to be in Afganistan looking for Osamma BEEN FORGOTTEN.
I love this blog (except for the Nazi-reich-wing-nuts).
But they are good for a laugh at the stupid good nazis.
November 16th, 2005 at 7:16 pmAre sillycon and dimentia for real? I can't tell if their lies are intended as humor anymore.
Oh well, I don't read their garbage filled lies anyway.
November 16th, 2005 at 7:17 pmkjlovell,
The carlyle group was also one of the HUGE beneficiaries of the oil for food program - something republican partisan hacks never seem to want to discuss. The Volker report exposed them, Halliburton, and several other 'republican' companies as being the real thieves in the den...
Just goes to show you that wherever there's scandal and crooked behavior, a republican is always at its center.
November 16th, 2005 at 7:19 pmAccording to the report, the administration wasn't just going to fabricate printed evidence, they tried to fabricate PHYSICAL EVIDENCE to lie about the WMDs with the help of the israelis. Now that's a good way to piss off all your suspicious arab neighbors isn't it?
Wayne Madsen Quote:
New aspect of Valerie Plame/Brewster Jennings exposure revealed. According to U.S. intelligence sources, the White House exposure of Valerie Plame and her Brewster Jennings & Associates was intended to retaliate against the CIA’s work in limiting the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. WMR has reported in the past on this aspect of the scandal. In addition to identifying the involvement of individuals in the White House who were close to key players in nuclear proliferation, the CIA Counter-Proliferation Division prevented the shipment of binary VX nerve gas from Turkey into Iraq in November 2002. The Brewster Jennings network in Turkey was able to intercept this shipment which was intended to be hidden in Iraq and later used as evidence that Saddam Hussein was in possession of weapons of mass destruction. U.S. intelligence sources revealed that this was a major reason the Bush White House targeted Plame and her network.
CIA counter-proliferation network prevented a WMD “salting†operation by Bush White House in Iraq.
In fact, U.S. intelligence sources report that the first shipment of VX nerve gas to Saddam Hussein was carried out between 1988 and 1989. The gas was shipped to Iraq by a U.S. company that was established in 1987 — The Carlyle Group.
U.S. intelligence sources have also confirmed that Israeli military officers served unofficially with the U.S. Central Command headquarters in Baghdad. The Israelis were attached to the J2X (Joint Intelligence Liaison) in Baghdad. Their presence in Baghdad, according to the sources, was kept secret.
November 16th, 2005 at 7:25 pmhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051116/pl_afp/usattacksprisons_051116182351 is reporting that:
"Germany, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain and Sweden have all been linked to the
CIA's use of planes for the transit, or rendition, of prisoners allegedly subjected to extra-judicial detention and torture.
...According to the Washington Post, the CIA has placed more than 100 illegally held suspects in a secret prison network in
Afghanistan, Thailand and Eastern Europe since the September 11 attacks on the United States...
...The International Committee of the Red Cross says it has tried in vain for more than two years to persuade Washington to give it access to those held secretly abroad "in the context of the war on terrorism."...
...UN special rapporteur into torture, Manfred Nowak, has called on the EU and the European Council to "hold high level inquiries" into the sea of allegations and the European Council says one is to follow."
Like I said, global torture. Impeach Bush NOW!!! Then deliver he and his buddies to the Hague.
November 16th, 2005 at 7:27 pm#65
Stop impersonating NED. I know that comment would not have come from him. I know you envy him and want to be like him, but the rest of us know you are not NED.
November 16th, 2005 at 8:06 pmWhat is it with opionated Republicans who think every liberal, Democrat, or anyone NOT FOR BUSH is unamerican. On the contrary, we are more American than you, because we are the people of this country, and the BUSH REGIME, and its Nazi-like tactics are ruining what America is. You are not, with your NRA membership cards, driving your over-sized Hummers and your fur coat wearing wives. Yea, I sound like a liberal, and the sad thing is, I'm not, but the frivolous living of the the right-winged wealthy, who control and manipulate the masses through there money bribing corperations MUST COME TO A STOP. Enough is enough, Brazil has the fuel answer, Ethanol, but the wealthy oil barons wont allow us citizens whats best for us, thats just for them.
November 16th, 2005 at 8:14 pmneastdilemma, your comments give us true conservatives a bad name, I am not for tax cuts for the wealthy, but I am for high moral values. I am not for drilling in Alaska or off the coast of Florida, but I am for making the farmers of this land better off by utilizing the land to grow more corn and make ethanol to run the new kind of vehicles we need to survive, as a race on planet earth.
Stop with all the hate, because that is what truly drives the rich, its content for the rest of the worlds population, as if we are all here to serve you, wake up, people in France are not the only ones who are ready to riot to take back what they feel is theres.
Down with Bush and all that support him. God bless all of us, yes, even those who I despise, and even you to Cheney, someonme needs to pity your soul, it will be hot where you'll be going.
Beautiful.
November 16th, 2005 at 8:34 pmThank you.
HA, I knw it. #65 is Ned. and #74 is NED.
November 16th, 2005 at 8:36 pmAnd #74 KNOWS NED IS A HE. Therefore #74 Is a FAGGOT!
Proven by Guilt.
q,
Did you see the picture of NED? He looks like a VERY UGLY 70s gay porn star. The kind you used to see splattered on windows in the village to drive away anyone with taste.
November 16th, 2005 at 8:46 pmwouldnt waste my time.
November 16th, 2005 at 8:55 pmmore important sites to read.
truthour, mfso,ivaw,bthn, Iraq Dispatches, Buzzflash,etc...
The WH acts like it was just a little oversight that the Niger yellowcake reference made it into the State of the Union. But look back to October 2002,the Prez' speech in Cincinnati when, after 7 drafts, the same claim was dropped from that speech because the story had already been discredited. Who knew? At least the speechwriter and Stephen Hadley. Likely Rove, Rice, and the Prez too. After such an effort to remove it from the speech months earlier, there is no believable excuse for its showing up again in the State of the Union--the most vetted speech the president makes all year.
November 16th, 2005 at 9:44 pm#17 NED- You just don't understand. Bush is a war monger who hates poor people and wants rich people to get richer by not letting poor people get rich and by making bigots hate poor people and.....whatever, you're evil......(the preceding comment was an example of morally righteous folks who don't need morals....)
November 16th, 2005 at 11:05 pmhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/16/AR2005111602147.html
The revelation that The Washington Post's Bob Woodward may have been the first reporter to learn about CIA operative Valerie Plame could provide a boost to the only person indicted in the leak case: I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
November 16th, 2005 at 11:10 pmLibby obstructed justice and lied to the grand jury. Nothing Bob Woodward knew or the fact that it wasn't Libby that gave Woodwar the name, does not change the fact that Libby lied and obstructed justice. Period. Libby will still go down.
November 16th, 2005 at 11:32 pmExcellent video. Thank you.
And there is going to be so much more coming out in the weeks, months and years ahead. How very very sad
November 16th, 2005 at 11:59 pmFor all the latest CIA Leak articles, briefings, timelines and other documents, see:
"The PlameGate Scandal Center"
November 17th, 2005 at 12:18 amWell done! Congratulations.
November 17th, 2005 at 12:40 amOl Bucky Bush joined the board of military contractor Engineered Support Systems, a major beneficiary of the war in Iraq that received more than $386 million in federal contracts in fiscal 2002.
Hes Doing Pretty Good =)
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November 17th, 2005 at 1:40 amLike this One
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'Duh-RatZ'
Beady Eyed, Rabid, Brainless.
"prosecuting for lying and coverup of an event is equivalent to admission of the original crime..."
But what if there was NO "original crime"?
Isn't it getting harder and harder for you to keep up this "Valerie Plame was a double-secret agent and her outing has harnmed the nation to the extent that whoever revealed her name is a TRAITOR! and should be in JAIL!" charade?
November 17th, 2005 at 8:22 amShe got her husband sent to Africa on a mission for which he was not qualified; her husband wrote an op-ed piece for the most influential newspaper in the country (in which he accuses the POTUS of being a liar) then he takes to the airwaves to trumpet his views.....did you REALLY believe that his wife's identity / job would remain a secret?
"It uses footage pulled directly from the White House, recent TV news clips and other archival video to explain exactly what happened and why it’s important."
This thing looks like it was edited by Michael "Big Fat Liar" Moore. Any bets?
November 17th, 2005 at 9:05 amJust a reminder of how Left leaning and biased and traitorous the major news really is and how much the Filthy Left really love and support our troops. Thanks to BitterSanity for putting this up for all to see.
The song remains the same, 2001-2005
In re Afghanistan, 2001-2002:
"graveyard of empires"
"natural warriors"
"quagmire"
"the holy month of Ramadan"
"the brutal Afghan winter"
"Millions of Afghans will starve to death."
"The Arab street will explode."
In re Iraq, 2002-2003:
"hundreds of thousands of refugees"
"Saddam will use his chemical weapons against our troops."
"quagmire"
"isolated and without allies"
"the brutal Iraqi summer"
"The Arab street will explode."
In re Iraq, 2004-2005:
"looming civil war"
"Arabs need a strong hand and won't be able to handle democracy."
"Iraqi insurgents"
"quagmire"
"The Iraqis will be scared away from the polls."
"The Sunni street will explode."
I should count my blessings.
At least people have stopped talking about how we need "an exit strategy".
A few predictions
I've been thinking that it's only a matter of time before mainstream thought in this country begins the process of lionizing Saddam Hussein. With his trial beginning, the tone of media coverage is starting to bear out my worst fears. (You wouldn't think it would be possible to admire someone who has done what Saddam has uncontestably done, but in a country where people wear Guevera t-shirts without hiding their faces, I suppose just about anything is possible.)
I predict:
The words "defiant", "strong", "canny", and "independent" will become de rigeur in all stories concerning Saddam's trial.
The meme that the trial is "illegal" (because not blessed by "international-law experts") will spread. Shortly, it will be routine to refer to the "illegal trial" in editorials, and to "the trial, whose legality is disputed" in news coverage.
If and when he is executed, the television news coverage will feature somber voices.
On the day, no Iraqis who were victims themselves or who lost family will be quoted. Only Baathist voices will be heard, mourning "the great lion", and so on.
Editorials will announce that since obviously the Iraqi people mourn Saddam Hussein, his execution will only increase the "Iraqi" "insurgency".
Within two months, Saddam's daughter Raghad will be the subject of a sympathetic television interview, perhaps by Barbara Walters. The interviewer will not ask her what kind of a tree she would be, but will ask how she felt "the day you lost your father".
Raghad will do a lecture tour of the US, and will be invited to speak at several prominent universities.
None of the victims of Saddam Hussein will be invited to speak in any of these venues, then or in the future.
http://bittersanity.blogspot.com/2005_10_01_bittersanity_archive.html#113004663223478509
November 17th, 2005 at 9:30 amNothing changes the case against Libby no matter what his lawyers say. The charges will remain. Fitzgerald said in his indictment that Libby was the first KNOWN LEAKER of Plame's name.
November 17th, 2005 at 9:46 amWoodward is in trouble now, however, because his story has holes. The excuse he gave (avoiding a subpoena) was wrong because in June 2003, no grand jury had even been ordered. When he was appearing on TV as a cheerleader for the White House and criticizing Fitsgerald as a "junkyard" prosecutor, he was fully aware of the duplicitous role he had in the matter. His lame apology to his editor is just that - lame. It doesn't answer to his unethical conduct.
Bob Woodward - what has happened to him - this will be the end of his credibility.
Just got finished viewing the video.......
Great work by all involved......I'm emailing it to everyone I have on my email list....This should be seen by everyone!!
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November 17th, 2005 at 9:51 amGood work, as is all your research.
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November 17th, 2005 at 10:51 amThinkProgress regulars and others capable of independent thought, stop feeding the freeping trolls. They stink of the same desperation that permeates anyone who hitched their wagon to the dim star of The Chimp. Pity them, but don't argue with them. You get nowhere, and let's face it, they were fool enough to vote for Bush twice. That's proof that their brains are not firing on all four cylinders. They are clinging to "fake" surveys and more conspiracy theories than an episode of The Lone Gunmen, but you cannot deny the irrefutable truth: Bush lied us into an illegal, criminal, immoral war. While he was doing this, Heart Attack Boy was outing the identity of a CIA agent. Both have compromised "homeland security" with their actions. These freeper jokes have been had, and had bad. What's more, they know it; what's even worse, they know that WE know it. Instead of enlisting to fight the war they so cherish, they troll websites they disagree with. It's easy to shoot your mouth off about "Go Live Under Saddam" when Other People are the ones fighting for their "freedom." You want the fairy tale about Iraq? Watch Faux News. You want the truth? Ask a soldier who has been there, like my brother.
November 17th, 2005 at 11:13 amThanks for giving some perspective to a story that is only superficially covered (or pontificated about) in the mainstream media.
Nicely produced too.
BAH
November 17th, 2005 at 11:42 am[...] Think Progress has a great video for all of you who don’t have the patience to read about Valerie Plame / Plamegate / What Fitzmas is All About / Why Novak Should Be Arrested. [...]
November 17th, 2005 at 12:10 pmDo you guys have a version that isn't so choppy?
November 17th, 2005 at 12:15 pmTHANK YOU A THOUSAND TIMES LARRY
November 17th, 2005 at 12:32 pmIs there any way to download instead of stream this video? It just doesn't work for me.
November 17th, 2005 at 1:09 pm[...] Sorry fascist@holes, but this friendly fire terrorism is why your stolen White House is burning down. These swift boasts of integrity and honor are despicable in lieu of the plain and simple facts, as documented here by the truly awesome Think Progress and mirrored here in Quicktime. [...]
November 17th, 2005 at 2:45 pmStreaming (as opposed to downloading) can be annoying.
You kind folks should consider offering the video for download. There are free hosting options available (eg archive.org) and/or you might distribute via BitTorrent (another no-cost option).
November 17th, 2005 at 4:58 pmRyan,
Thanks, I knew the U.S. sold the chemical weapons Saddam used. I didn't know that the evil Carlyle group was in on that one too.
I think the reason we haven't heard dumbya say the words Osamma BinLaden has a great deal to do with the BinLadens and Bush family owning Carlyle group.
Please clarify for me, why was it a-ok for Carlyle group to sell the chemical weapons to be used, and look the other way for years after their use until now. But since Saddam used the weapons he is now on trial for it. But it is a-ok for the U.S. to use MK77 and our (p)resident to remain free for the same crimes?
Just wondering.
November 17th, 2005 at 11:43 pmWhen thinking about Plame & Brewster-jennings remember the name Sybil Edmonds.She said communications thru Turkey were intercepted regarding,payoffs,drugs,WMD TECHNOLOGY and distribution and the name of D.Hassert.Seems like it may yet all fall together.Peace
November 19th, 2005 at 11:50 pmit seems like you could make a video of this manner for any topic, the environment, supporting the troops, taxes, social reform, you name it.. honestly, i don't understand why some smart lawyers haven't been able to come up with enough evidence in the administrations own words to impeach these assholes.
November 21st, 2005 at 8:14 pmi kept getting break up in the sound and video as well.
November 21st, 2005 at 8:15 pmPlamegate, Penn, Superman and Scientology
*Watch ThinkProgress' excellent video compilation of the facts and players in the Plamegate scandal. *Listen to Penn Jillette - the magician, comedian, Bright and research fellow at the Cato Institute - read his contribution to NPR's personal essay ...
November 22nd, 2005 at 11:03 am[...] Also, a video refresher on why all of this is so important here. [...]
December 3rd, 2005 at 4:53 pmI LOVE THE REFRESHER. I LOVE THE REFRESHER. I LOVE THE REFRESHER. PLEASE DO MORE OF THIS THINK PROGRESS. PLEASE DO MORE OF THIS. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS NO CREDIBILITY AND IS NOT COMMITTED TO REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS OF AMERICA.
December 4th, 2005 at 5:49 pmYour incredibly distoted video relies on a series of facts strung together with ominous background piano music... When are you liberal traitors going to realize that Facts Do Not Get In Our Way? We're stronger than that!
December 15th, 2005 at 11:21 pmExcuse me, but facts should LEAD the way not get in your way. Keep flexing, idiot.
December 16th, 2005 at 7:08 pmThank you. I saw it all. I heard it all. You helped refresh my memory as to how long this investigation of idiocy has been lingering. I know we are stronger than we give ourselves credit for. We The People...
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December 25th, 2005 at 6:20 amthis is directed to Bush PR fella, neastdilemma
You, and anyone for that matter, can have an opinion on anything and everything. Especially since 2000, people have been, generally speaking, either pro or Anti Bush.
for this Neastdilemma character, first of all, where are you getting your supposed "facts" about the conditions in Iraq? From the Bush-controlled media? or first-hand experience? what? help me and the others out here. Don't pull a Bill O'Reilly and say whatever you please without backing it up. That's pathetic.
either way, as citizens, why are we always shocked that admin officials *gulp* LIE?!?! I suppose for me the only difference between officials lying is when a "body count" takes effect.
anyone's thouhts?
January 6th, 2006 at 8:44 amFree Texas Hold Um...
Free Texas Hold Um - on fire......
January 8th, 2006 at 2:55 pmBrewster-Jennings seems to be one of the least understood and most damaging aspects of this entire story. Novak not only knowingly printed the name of Valerie Plame in his story, he came back in a second story and named the CIA front company Brewster-Jennings. Why would they do this? It's one thing to out a single CIA "NOC" but another entirely to expose an entire operation. Think of the years and incredible cost (both human and financial capital) to establish such a front company. When that name is published foreign entities were immediately alerted to the potential danger of anyone even remotely associated with Brewster-Jennings. I find it outrageous that the White House could knowingly and willingly expose all the people who ever associated with Brewster-Jennings at risk and not get held to the fire for it. This is simply the high crime of treason during a time of war: no other way to describe it. How the general public can apathetically stand for this is beyond me? More importantly, the fact that Republicans WHO HAVE TO KNOW place loyalty to party over loyalty to country shows exactly how decidedly fascist they really are.
January 11th, 2006 at 1:29 amRingtone Composer...
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January 18th, 2006 at 12:16 pmamazing, and works extremely well with quicktime, picture perfect and crystal clear sound, stuff that WMP does not provide, so please don't switch, good job to the makers of this great film.
January 18th, 2006 at 12:44 pmDilemma, yeah how horrible of the people who were duped
February 2nd, 2006 at 2:28 pminto beliving what there president was telling them when they were getting wrong facts and reports from him,huh? They should be held to the same accountabily as the person in the highest office in the land who's in charge of giving them the facts(appearantly even if there not correct) I mean it is crazy to think someone that important should have to do his job and check his facts before he just blurts it out to the general public...LOL
really good; about time for an update, eh?
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May 17th, 2006 at 2:23 amI-RIGHT-I is the case that shows all humane people exactly why not to raise your kids close to waste pits. They will for sure get a quite unicly but still definetly smashed up intelligence. In the case of such loosers as this one "I-RIGHT-I and his sidekick and back stuffer, the mighty transvestite queen called "MIGHTY APHRODITE" that walks our streets right behind his beloved behind (once again referring to the SUPER WHITE POWER HITLER LOVING LEATHER GAY I-RIGHT-I) ROFL! and stalks little white boys that they can abuse for breakfast. get a life you morones and start to pay attention. Your screwed up world view is not sinking. it is crash burning like that other Nazi papertoy that blew of towards oblivion, just as you are about to do you foools. talkign about the Hindenbourg..LMAO! ROFL! OLO! LOL!
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June 4th, 2006 at 1:51 amBush is just a puppet for the real rulers of the United Slaves of America.
You fine people are so concerned about Lier, Dick Head & Co. as you drive your Gas Sucking SUV's to your 8 hour day plush offices.
You all make me sick.
Get Real and do something to stop these mad men.....Oh wait, that was what Adolf Hitler was.
WOW, a break through, You are all doomed.
Hile George W. Bush, The First American Dictator.
June 29th, 2006 at 3:35 pmJust a note here. Did anyone know that if it hadn't been for the rich and powerful in the good old USA that Hilter couldn't of started WWII. Yep that's right. You heard me. Seems that Henry Ford went to Germany and showed Hilter personnaly how to make tanks and trucks faster, and recieved German hight medal for it also. Not to mention how the American Oil companies just gave him the oil he needed. Now heres one for you all. General Motors Yep little ones you heard it here. General Motors gave Hilter the frist 1000 vehicles. Seem that Germay was sort of bankrupted from the frist WWI and didn't have any money at all. Oh I am not taking anything away from that stupid idiot Hilter but you know hilter was a pawn for others, and to top it off Hilter was Gay. Thats right GAY. You don't have to believe a single word I say but the proof and the documentation is there just look for it.
July 3rd, 2006 at 10:16 pmAnd who helped finance Hilter !!!
Georege W. Bush's Grandfather among other American Banks.
Follow the Money. Except that $9 Billion lost in IRAQ by the Bush Administration.
American is such a great place to be. NOT ! LIES, SMOKE & MIRRORS -
AND A WHOLE LOT OF DEAD PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD .
From a Really Sad and Ashamed American................
July 5th, 2006 at 9:41 amAll terrorists should be destroyed, and all those who harbor them, speaking of BushCo and all his supporters.
July 24th, 2006 at 8:17 pm[...] 1. Manufactured Intelligence information to justify leading the nation into HREF=”http://www.oldamericancentury.org/bushco/bush_lied.htm/”target=”_blank”>WAR. 2. Released Sensitive information to the Press to discredit HREF=”http://thinkprogress.org/2005/11/16/smears-lies-videotape//”target=”_blank”>dissent. [...]
August 3rd, 2006 at 10:51 pm