State Dept. won’t say if Rice knew of secret opinions.
State Dept. won’t say if Rice knew of secret opinions.
Yesterday, ThinkProgress questioned whether Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice was aware of the secret torture opinions revealed by the New York Times, given her previous declaration of “no more secret opinions.” At the State Department press briefing yesterday, a reporter asked spokesman Sean McCormack about Rice’s knowledge. He said he “didn’t ask her” yet:
QUESTION: Sean, I don’t know if you’d be able to comment on this, but the front page story of the New York Times about interrogation, secret interrogations.
MR. MCCORMACK: Right.
QUESTION: Was Secretary Rice aware of this internal back-and-forth during that time period?
MR. MCCORMACK: I didn’t ask — I didn’t ask her about the story.
QUESTION: Did you see it?
MR. MCCORMACK: I did. I did see it. I didn’t ask her about the story.
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Great. Don’t ask, don’t tell.
*eyeroll*
October 5th, 2007 at 1:11 pmLet’s see, Rove is gone, Gonzalez is gone, Barton gone, Hughes gone, getting right down to Condi and Bolton. Anyone knowing anything “have to retire for personal reasons.”
October 5th, 2007 at 1:18 pmCondi, the ‘Old Woman who lived in a Shoe’ Rice.
Time to say buh-bye & get a high paying ‘consulting’ job, Condi.
Your credibility as a Diplomat is not only tarnished, it’s non-existent!
October 5th, 2007 at 1:21 pmTime for Condi to spend more time with her imaginary family!
October 5th, 2007 at 1:22 pmRed Pill,
I guess she can’t use the Rethug line, ‘I have kids in college, so I need to make more money’ line, eh?
Do you think she has an imaginary Husband?
October 5th, 2007 at 1:24 pmIt’s called “plausible deniability”. The Republican party is a master at it.
October 5th, 2007 at 1:27 pm5 – Comity – yes, exactly like Colin Powell – a once honorable man and great American – discovered that he had been shamelessly used and then tossed by the warmongering and essentially racist Bushies.
October 5th, 2007 at 1:28 pmThe real question is did Condi read the memo while shoe shopping or playing the piano?
October 5th, 2007 at 1:28 pmDo you think she has an imaginary Husband?
Comment by Zimzone
No, but apparently she has a girlfriend, the woman she shares home ownership with.
October 5th, 2007 at 1:29 pmthe ENTIRE history of the Bush Administration has been;
ADMIT NOTHING
DENY EVERYTHING
October 5th, 2007 at 1:29 pmDo you think that these Bush Poodles will one day look back on that period of their life and say “What was I thinking?”
October 5th, 2007 at 1:30 pmAnnie, when was Condi ever honorable? As a board member at Chevron, her main job was to cover up human rights abuses in Africa by the corporation. They named a tanker after her.
October 5th, 2007 at 1:31 pmwith a national initiative the people would have to take responsibility for their own governance. If there was a ballot on “should we end our engagements in Iraq” a wide majority would say YES and we’d be out of there. “should we abolish the income tax” YES we’d say. “Should we find an alternative source of fuel?” YES we’d say. “Should we allow children access to medicine?” YES we’d say. It would end all this phony lawyer dictator shit once and for all. We wouldn’t vote on everything. Just the stuff that counts. I urge you and your friends to vote right now to enact the national initiative
http://www.ni4d.us
October 5th, 2007 at 1:32 pmOh, so they’ve learned from Scotty’s statements re: Scooter and Karl. I mean, as press secretary, why on earth would you want to ask your boss about questions sure to be asked at a press conference?
Who wants to bet she knew and just never followed up on that threat once Colin P left the building. She got her props and moved on.
October 5th, 2007 at 1:32 pmHey Zim! I seem to recall an Enquirer headline suggesting a dalliance between Condi and the Shrub. Perhaps we should locate Dumbya’s pig-headed machismo in Iraq in the realm of the Napoleonic Complex?
October 5th, 2007 at 1:32 pmTypical of a “don’t ask, don’t tell” administration.
October 5th, 2007 at 1:32 pmDo you think she has an imaginary Husband?
-Comment by Zimzone
No, but apparently she has a girlfriend, the woman she shares home ownership with. -Comment by bilbobaggins
Hmmmm, I wonder is she ever dated Mary Cheney.
Dick! Dick?
October 5th, 2007 at 1:34 pmPerhaps we should locate Dumbya’s pig-headed machismo in Iraq in the realm of the Napoleonic Complex? -Comment by Red Pill
I think you’re on to something here…small man, no real accomplishments to date in life, sociopathic, bipolar, hates women & kids, awol from active duty but dresses up like Napoleon in a flight suit.
Yup, Red Pill, I think you nailed Bush’s Brain.
What will be his Waterloo?
October 5th, 2007 at 1:39 pmRice and Bean. BFF
October 5th, 2007 at 1:50 pmCol. Jack – she probably *never*was honorable….
I was giving her the benefit of the doubt – which she almost certainly doesn’t deserve.
My bad.
October 5th, 2007 at 1:57 pm11 – the ENTIRE history of the Bush Administration has been;
ADMIT NOTHING
DENY EVERYTHING
Comment by Uncle Ho — October 5, 2007 @ 1:29 pm
You forgot BLAME THE DEMOCRATS.
October 5th, 2007 at 1:59 pmLeftside Annie; ooops my bad, it’s all Clinton’s fault.
October 5th, 2007 at 2:04 pmthe abbreviation of department is dept.
October 5th, 2007 at 2:06 pm23 – Uncle Ho – that’s right, DAMMIT!!! It’s ALL Bill Clinton’s fault, you stoooooopid lib!!!!
100 lashes with a wet noodle!!
October 5th, 2007 at 2:12 pmBlind mans bluff running the country. Another super idea brought to you by the ethically challenged Republic666ans
October 5th, 2007 at 2:16 pmWhere is Rory to give us guidance? Do the Brown Shirts meet fridays?
October 5th, 2007 at 2:18 pmLet’s see if Bush protects his pillowmate as he let his other friends go. Now every man needs his woman to keep him warm at night. If Bush let’s his Connie go I bet there’s another woman in waiting. It’s the way the Bush Family works ask Barbara Bush. She has no problem with Daddy Bush sleeping with his mistress and running after Terry Hatcher while lady Barbara just bakes cookies.
October 5th, 2007 at 2:36 pmDo you think that these Bush Poodles will one day look back on that period of their life and say “What was I thinking?â€
Comment by bilbobaggins — October 5, 2007 @ 1:30 pm
Most likely. Look at Nixon’s merry men today (those who are alive, anyway).
Today’s Bush Poodles will probably go the same route. There will be those who die without apology or rehabilitation (John Mitchell), those who write books of apology and become political moralists (John Dean), those who find Jesus (Chuck Colson), and a few who will maintain forever they were right (G. Gordon Liddy).
Which poodles will fill which roles? Could be a fun parlor game.
October 5th, 2007 at 2:52 pmMr Bush is one sick puppy, and the world suffers. Forty plus years of GOP hatemongering, at least since Goldwater in “64, is paying off. American is dying.
October 5th, 2007 at 2:55 pmSeems the don’t ask, don’t tell policy is not just for the Pentagon.
October 5th, 2007 at 3:12 pmCan anyone explain to me from a team perspective, how the Secretary of State wouldn’t know one of the most salient and possibly troubling pieces of data available?
October 5th, 2007 at 5:51 pmSean, if you don’t ask she won’t tell
October 5th, 2007 at 6:46 pmSorry #17 (theswan), I didn’t see your post until after I posted mine!
October 5th, 2007 at 6:54 pmGreat, now I have to add Leftside Annie (#1) to my apologies!
October 5th, 2007 at 7:00 pmI’m a bit bass-akward this evening.
Condi knew, that’s for sure. So what? They have all known. The only to “have not known” is the American public. Would that make a difference? Sweet bliss and enough gas for the SUV’s, that’s all that matters; no, that wouldn’t have made a difference. Four thousand and countless wounded soldiers later, consider the fact that the same oil could have been purchased in the world market without the loss of a single soldier. What a terrible thought!
October 6th, 2007 at 1:05 am