Ex-CIA analyst: Rumsfeld 'should have owned up'

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http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/04/cnna.mcgovern/

Ex-CIA analyst: Rumsfeld 'should have owned up'
'It's a matter of telling the truth,' man says after Iraq questioning

Friday, May 5, 2006; Posted: 7:38 a.m. EDT (11:38 GMT)

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Hecklers repeatedly interrupted a speech Thursday in Atlanta by Donald Rumsfeld, and a former CIA analyst in a question-and-answer session accused the defense secretary of lying about Iraq prewar intelligence.

Rumsfeld denied lying and defended the basis for his claims about weapons of mass destruction and links between al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein.

CNN anchor Paula Zahn spoke hours later with the former analyst, Ray McGovern, a member of a group called Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity that has been critical of the Bush administration's handling of the Iraq war.

ZAHN: Did you go to this speech today with the intent of challenging Secretary Rumsfeld?

MCGOVERN: I had no predetermined objectives. I just wanted to see what he had to say. But I did get very motivated when the first lady was ejected ... from the crowd....

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1. has parts of interview-worth the read.

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2. ZAHN: How much of an ax do you have to grind with Secretary Rumsfeld?

I heard this question last night when she did the interview. It was not appropriate!


ZAHN: How much of an ax do you have to grind with Secretary Rumsfeld?

MCGOVERN: It's not a matter of axes to grind. It's a matter of telling the truth.

And we pledged, in my day at the CIA, to tell it without fear or favor, to tell it like it is. And, when I see that corrupted, that is the real tragedy of this whole business.

ZAHN: There was a point where it appeared as though you were going to get kicked out.

MCGOVERN: Yes.

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3. It's about time

It's about time Rummy the Dummy start taking some heat over Iraq. Hopefully this is the beginning of a new movememnt.

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4. Rummy-speak gets us nowhere.

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13. That's her M.O.

I can't stand Paula Zahn. She pulls this crap all the time.

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5. Rummy was reduced to a stammering fool

In other words the CIA man scared the shit out of him.
Boo! Rummy! Go get em Ray!

Yea! Cia, go team go! Never thought I would say that.
:woohoo: :applause: :woohoo:

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6. the career people at the cia have had their fill of getting blamed for

the top CIA brass is doing.

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7. Yes, I have to admit it was amazing.

I looked at the little video clip of Rumsfailed being confronted with his own lies. At one magic moment, Rumsfailed understands he's caught.

He stops, looks at the camera, blinks his eyes......hesitates...


HE'S CAUGHT!!! It was an incredible moment, and I went to sleep thinking about that image.

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11. "my words....." Then that long pause.

You could tell he was thinking "Oh, shit!"

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8. People here may also be interested to read this interview

by Ernesto Ekaiser, El País special correspondent in Washington, of Paul Pillar, Head of the C.I.A. for the Near East 2000 - 2005

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x208030

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9. Thanks.

Looks very interesting.

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10. K&R and thank you, again, Ray McGovern!

Never Forget: George W. Bush willfully violated National Security to cover-up his willful launch of a war of aggression and illegal occupation of Iraq.

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12. And Goss resigned the next day ~ huum

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14. Has any Media Corp. person stated outright that...

Ray McGovern was correct in pointing out that Rumsfailed is a liar? Two lies in that event. One: Rumsfailed denied about his previous lie about stating where the WMDs were. Two: Al Q was operating in Iraq.