"If it was misleading, just know that my intention was the truth" (embarrassing)

[ProSense]

Michele Catalano:

Clarification and update

We found out through the Suffolk Police Department that the searches involved also things my husband looked up at his old job. We were not made aware of this at the time of questioning and were led to believe it was solely from searches from within our house.

I did not lie or make it up. I wrote the piece with the information that was given. What was withheld from us obviously could not be a part of a story I wrote based on what happened yesterday.

The piece I wrote was the story as we knew it with the information we were told. None of it was fabricated. If you know me, you know I would never do that.

If it was misleading, just know that my intention was the truth. And that was what I knew as the truth until about ten minutes ago. That there were other circumstances involved was something we all were unaware of.

Thank you.

http://openareas.tumblr.com/post/57110075747/clarification-and-update

http://www.dailykos.com/comments/1228194/50919018#c666

Pressure cooker/google search story DEBUNKED. Was based on employer tip, not google search
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023389342

[ProSense]

1. Kick! n/t

[sufrommich]

2. The famous non apology apology. nt

[leftstreet]

3. The anti-gubmint web frenzy was more embarrassing

Sounds like this thing got out of control for the lady

But watching the anti-gubmint whackadoodles pounce was worse.

[ProSense]

5. "if we can't trust right wing bloggers, then I ask: who can we trust?"

I borrowed that quote from someone on the Internets.

[BenzoDia]

4. lol!

[KittyWampus]

6. This is all still Obama's fault… somehow.

[arely staircase]

7. whatever, pajamas media lady

[DevonRex]

8. Wasn't this story supposed to be "proof" of some other woo?

It wasn't even accurate on its own facts so we sure as hell couldn't use it to prove anything else.

Did she get her husband's name right? I'm down to fact checking even that.

[ProSense]

10. The D-Kos diary went viral.

OMG. The title was changed after several conflicting updates and tweets from the person making the claim trying to justify the claim, and after several comments linked to the debunk. Of course, it's impossible to update the diary with the admission because it would spotlight the crazy.

It's. Friggin. Embarrassing.

[freshwest]

9. 'Yeah, right,' as Kos says. Jump to conclusion, post online, stir up shit. SSDD!

[ProSense]

11. The "kiss my ass" and "thanks Obama" tweets are the new backward B scar.

[freshwest]

19. Well, I hope you enjoy this one I found:

It is sooo Obama's fault!

[ProSense]

20. Yikes! n/t

[tallahasseedem]

32. LOL!

Watching this story fall apart has been hilarious!

[sheshe2]

12. Praise the Lord

Here I thought that we were about to have a new NSA frenzy on our hands.

[FSogol]

13. Hair on fire? Remember: Stop, Drop, and Roll!

Ok, I'm ready for Friday's outrage now!

[snooper2]

14. where are the truthy to power Snowy is a HERO folks from the other threads?

or do they not want to be linked to this one because the words "bomb" "plastic" "shoe" are now related

[tkmorris]

15. I was CERTAIN this was gonna be about James Clapper

Ah well.

[usGovOwesUs3Trillion]

18. They are starving for red meat

Their gruel has been awful as of late, poor things.

[SunSeeker]

16. K & R

[JaneyVee]

17. Oh man, I can't believe I worked right through this shitstorm today.

I always miss the good stuff.

[ProSense]

21. Whee!

[KharmaTrain]

22. My First Experience With Datamining...

...was around 1987. An employer installed a new phone system that had a printer attached that printed out a report of all calls made by office phones. The boss was able to constantly monitor who was calling whom and for how long they were talking. Didn't take long to figure out who was calling where. He then fired an employee he caught making calls to prospective employers while on the job and used the phone log as justification in the termination of another. He had the right to do so since those were "his" or the company's phones...the calls weren't private.

Fast forward to 2002 and at another business an employee was fired for using his computer for purposes other than company related. That boss was able to get a list of the history from the computer's cache and use the results as justification for that termination. Corporate data mining isn't new and once again proves that once you leave your own four walls...be it physically or electronically, you have few, if any, privacy rights...

Cheers...

[geek tragedy]

23. That's an okay Michele Catalano quote, but this is my favorite from the anti-fascist activist:

I get more and more discouraged, more upset at the tone the AWC (antiwar crowd) has taken. I will not this time apologize for calling them traitors. I will not back down from those words. When you support an insurgency against your country's soldiers, when you declare that you are in bed in with the enemy, then you are a traitor. And you should be treated as such. I wish that every vet who has returned home from Iraq would see those signs and act upon them.

[maddezmom]

24. Wow...

Pretty telling that.

[geek tragedy]

25. More excellent judgment, from 2004:

Michele Catalano: Saddam had WMDs. Short answer. Longer answer… WMDs were just part of the reason. In order to fight a war on terrorism, you need to obviously go to where the terrorism has its roots. To bring the dream of democracy to the middle east, and hence a sense of peace to the world, you have to start somewhere. Bringing freedom to the Iraqis would be a stepping stone to peace in the middle east. Taking Saddam out of power was a necessity.

Michele Catalano: Define evil. Because I do think we need to be protected from evil. That’s what the war on terror is all about.

Michele Catalano: THe U.S. is the bad guy to the insurgents. Is that a bad thing? We’ve always been the bad guy to terrorists. We’re the enemy because they don’t want freedom in Iraq.

Michele Catalano: I think part of the strategy is to recognize that the culture in the middle east breeds terrorism. It’s not just al Qaeda.

http://blogcritics.org/blogcritic-debate-michele-catalano-vs-neal/

[giftedgirl77]

26. kick & recc

I watched this nonsense unfold yesterday & while it has finally been formally acknowledged as bs on here it is still being sold as Obamas fault.

Yes, hair on fire crew you over reacted.

[Zorra]

27. It's always a good idea to research claimers before forming an opinion on what they claim.

I didn't even bother researching those Catalano threads; they smelled like woo on the surface.

However, I knew Clapper was lying as soon as I discovered that he was Chief of Security for the Carlyle Group appointed by Bush to be Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence.

IMO, Obama has made some very serious mistakes in appointing republicans to high level positions, and in not rooting out and replacing all republicans who were nominated and appointed by Bush.

While teaching at Georgetown, Clapper was officially nominated by President George W. Bush to be Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence on 29 January 2007. Clapper was confirmed by the United States Senate on 11 April 2007.[17] He was only the second person to hold this position, which oversees and provides policy, program, and budgetary guidance to the defense intelligence agencies—DIA, NGA, the National Security Agency (NSA), and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)—and also works closely with the Director of National Intelligence (DNI).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Clapper

Conservatives are simply dishonest by nature.

"Why did you kill me after I was nice to you and carried you across the river, and saved your life?', said the frog to the scorpion, with his last breath.

"Because it is my nature" replied the scorpion as the frog died.

If you play with scorpions, you are going to get stung.

[disidoro01]

30. A bit off

topic but I'm tired of crap you and people like you post Zorra. Obama isn't making mistakes with the people he is appointing ok? He isn't accidentally signing off. He deliberately and intentional is continuing Bush policies. Did he accidentally forget to prosecute bankers? Did he accidentally ok droning innocent people in N. Africa and the M.E.? Accidentally forcing more regime change in the M.E. while one of the worst and most oppressive nations (S.A.) over there are still considered our best friends? I can go on and on.
He mistakenly appointed Clapper? Nope, eyes wide open he knows exactly what he is doing. Bush or Obama, why are the same players surrounding them? Any ideas??

[millennialmax]

28. Read about this yesterday. Sounded like BS at the time. Good to have confirmation I was right. eom

[Pholus]

29. Knew it was wrong instantly. It would have shown benefits from the NSA program.

[Whisp]

31. K&R

[Scurrilous]

33. Best laugh I've had all day.

Michele Catalano..what a fucking clown.