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IS BUSH DOING WHAT OSAMA BIN LADEN WOULD HOPE HE WOULD DO?
http://www.mikehersh.com/Bush_doing_what_bin_Laden_wants.shtml
Internet muse.
Daring, bold, never sold.
My daily weblog of politics, humor, philosophy...and a constant and nagging reminder of the existence of universal love....
Wednesday, May 28, 2003
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THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO 'HMMMM'....
"A dustup between two NY Times reporters over a story on an Iraqi exile leader raises some intriguing questions about the paper's coverage of the search for dangerous weapons thought to be hidden by Saddam Hussein. An internal e-mail by Judith Miller, the paper's top reporter [sic] on bioterrorism, acknowledges that her main source for such articles has been Ahmad Chalabi, a controversial exile leader who is paid by top Pentagon officials. Could Chalabi have been using the Times to build a drumbeat that Iraq was hiding WMD?... "
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39280-2003May25.html
THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO 'HMMMM'....
"A dustup between two NY Times reporters over a story on an Iraqi exile leader raises some intriguing questions about the paper's coverage of the search for dangerous weapons thought to be hidden by Saddam Hussein. An internal e-mail by Judith Miller, the paper's top reporter [sic] on bioterrorism, acknowledges that her main source for such articles has been Ahmad Chalabi, a controversial exile leader who is paid by top Pentagon officials. Could Chalabi have been using the Times to build a drumbeat that Iraq was hiding WMD?... "
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39280-2003May25.html
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OPINION-
NEW YORK TIMES
Who Lied about Iraqi WMDs? NY Times Demands Investigations
"The failure so far to find any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, the prime justification for an immediate invasion, or definitive links between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda has raised serious questions about the quality of American intelligence and even dark hints that the data may have been manipulated to support a pre-emptive war. These are critical issues that require thorough review not only by the C.I.A. but also by high-level oversight bodies in the administration and Congress... Bush should ask the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board... headed by Brent Scowcroft... to assess the record on Iraq, and the Congressional intelligence committees should conduct their own reviews. When Bush and Powell repeatedly assured the world that Iraq's unconventional weapons were a threat to international security, they relied on America's intelligence agencies. The country needs to know if the spy organizations were right or wrong."
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/26/opinion/26MON1.html
OPINION-
NEW YORK TIMES
Who Lied about Iraqi WMDs? NY Times Demands Investigations
"The failure so far to find any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, the prime justification for an immediate invasion, or definitive links between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda has raised serious questions about the quality of American intelligence and even dark hints that the data may have been manipulated to support a pre-emptive war. These are critical issues that require thorough review not only by the C.I.A. but also by high-level oversight bodies in the administration and Congress... Bush should ask the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board... headed by Brent Scowcroft... to assess the record on Iraq, and the Congressional intelligence committees should conduct their own reviews. When Bush and Powell repeatedly assured the world that Iraq's unconventional weapons were a threat to international security, they relied on America's intelligence agencies. The country needs to know if the spy organizations were right or wrong."
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/26/opinion/26MON1.html
WATERGATE REDUX?
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May 27, 2003
Democrat search probe spreads to Perry, aide
Pair reportedly in DPS command post
By R.G. RATCLIFFE
Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle Austin Bureau
"AUSTIN -- A legislative investigator said Tuesday that Gov. Rick Perry and his point man on anti-terrorism were in a state police command post the day the state enlisted federal Homeland Security forces to help search for runaway House Democrats."
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/1927358
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May 27, 2003
Democrat search probe spreads to Perry, aide
Pair reportedly in DPS command post
By R.G. RATCLIFFE
Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle Austin Bureau
"AUSTIN -- A legislative investigator said Tuesday that Gov. Rick Perry and his point man on anti-terrorism were in a state police command post the day the state enlisted federal Homeland Security forces to help search for runaway House Democrats."
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/1927358
ROBERT BYRD-THE UNLIKELY SUPERSTAR-SHINES
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101030602-454491,00.html
"For Byrd, history not only teaches the importance of rules and precedent but also offers warnings for the present. Deviation from democratic process can, he says, cloak an attempt "to dominate all branches of government." For that reason, Byrd says, "this Republic is at its greatest danger in its history because of this Administration."
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101030602-454491,00.html
"For Byrd, history not only teaches the importance of rules and precedent but also offers warnings for the present. Deviation from democratic process can, he says, cloak an attempt "to dominate all branches of government." For that reason, Byrd says, "this Republic is at its greatest danger in its history because of this Administration."
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"The good news for the Pentagon yesterday was that its investigators had finally unearthed evidence of weapons of mass destruction, including 100 vials of anthrax and other dangerous bacteria.
The bad news was that the stash was found, not in Iraq, but fewer than 50 miles from Washington, near Fort Detrick in the Maryland countryside."
US finds evidence of WMD at last - buried in a field near Maryland
Julian Borger in Washington
Wednesday May 28, 2003
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,965319,00.html
"The good news for the Pentagon yesterday was that its investigators had finally unearthed evidence of weapons of mass destruction, including 100 vials of anthrax and other dangerous bacteria.
The bad news was that the stash was found, not in Iraq, but fewer than 50 miles from Washington, near Fort Detrick in the Maryland countryside."
US finds evidence of WMD at last - buried in a field near Maryland
Julian Borger in Washington
Wednesday May 28, 2003
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,965319,00.html
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