Salon: Technical expert: Bush was wired

[kskiska]

Speculation continues to run wild about President Bush's mystery bulge. Since Friday, when Salon first raised questions about the rectangular bulge that was visible under Bush's suit coat during the presidential debates, many observers in the press and on the Internet have wondered aloud whether the verbally and factually challenged president might be receiving coaching via a hidden electronic device.

Now a technical expert who designs and makes such devices for the U.S. military and private industry tells Salon that he believes the bulge is indeed a transceiver designed to receive electronic signals and transmit them to a hidden earpiece lodged in Bush's ear canal.

"There's no question about it. It's a pretty obvious one -- larger than most because it probably has descrambling capability," said Alex Darbut, technical and business development vice president for Resistance Technology in Arden Hills, Minn. Darbut examined photographs of the president's back taken from the Fox News video feed at the first presidential debate in Coral Gables, Fla., as well as 2002 photos of the president driving and working in a T-shirt on his Crawford ranch, which were posted on the White House Web site.

Darbut speculates that the device the president wears is provided by the Secret Service, noting, "They're not going to have him driving around the countryside on his ranch without being in instant contact with him."

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[grannylib]

1. Before we all don tinfoil hats (and not that I would put it past him;

these filth are capable of anything) check out Shuster's blog. They spotted much the same thing on Kerry; the thing on * kept changing shape and shifting position. Probably not much more than too much starch in his shirt.
But anyway.

Wouldn't surprise me, but think of it this way: if he WERE wired, and STILL sounded dumber than a bag of hammers, it obviously is NOT WORKING!

[Old and In the Way]

2. Probably doing double duty for Bush

Actually, I'll bet Bush can communicate back to the source simply by speaking. Probably a good tool for a President to have and use with the SS. OTOH, I have no doubts that the WH communications people have priority access to communicate directly with Bush during a speech or the debates.....perhaps a quick talking point or a phrase to get him rehinged, a jumpstart if you will, during one of his frequent inarticulations and/or vacant moments.

[kskiska]

3. How much longer can they deny that he's using a "device"

for whatever reason? This is wearing awfully thin, and I don't think it'll go away until they give a credible answer.

I don't think, however, that it's appropriate to wear this thing into a debate.

[benfranklin1776]

4. Indeed.

I think it is pretty obvious where he is during the debates and extremely unlikely the Secret Service would lose him during that hour and a half. Fall asleep perhaps, be bored to tears perhaps but they would still know where he was.