CAMERA MOVED OFF POWELL DURING RUSSERT GRILLING [drudge sorry]

[truthisfreedom]

http://www.drudgereport.com/flash.htm


BLEEP THE PRESS: CAMERA MOVED OFF POWELL DURING RUSSERT GRILLING; AIDE ATTEMPTED TO CUT OFF INTERVIEW
Sun May 16 2004 10:45:35 ET

An aide to Sec. of Defense Colin Powell ordered a halt to an interview and directed a camera to shoot a palm tree during provocative questioning by MEET THE PRESS host Tim Russert.
<snip>
"Emily, get out of the way.  Bring the camera back please," the secretary snapped.
<snip>
How concerned are you that some of the information you shared with the world is now inaccurate and discredited?

SECRETARY POWELL:  I'm very concerned.  When I made that presentation in February 2003, it was based on the best information that the Central Intelligence Agency made available to me.  We studied it carefully.  We looked at the sourcing and the case of the mobile trucks and trains.  There was multiple sourcing for that.  Unfortunately, that multiple sourcing over time has turned out to be not accurate, and so I'm deeply disappointed. 

But I'm also comfortable that at the time that I made the presentation it reflected the collective judgment, the sound judgment, of the intelligence community, but it turned out that the sourcing was inaccurate and wrong and, in some cases, deliberately misleading.  And for that I'm disappointed, and I regret it.
<snip>

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Emily needs to...

Find a job she is more suited to, emotionally. I suspect that she soon will.

[Lefty48197]

67. I'll bet Emily wants to spend more time with her family

unless this is a signal that Cheney has fired Powell and all that's left is the public announcement that Powell wants to spend more time with HIS family.

[goclark]

2. Emily "You're Fired!!

This was beautiful.
They are coming down down down.
Colin is about to fold and jump ship.
Then he'll blame it on Emily - ha ha ha ha

[jackstraw45]

44. No one gets fired in this administration

Bush will say:

Emily, you're doing a GREAT job. You're the BEST press aide this administration has ever had.

[JohnOneillsMemory]

3. Powell: "...evidence was...deliberately MISLEADING..." !!!!!Wow!!!!

Colin is throwing the neocons to the wolves. What a show.

I don't have TV. I think I'm gonna get one.

[ClassWarrior]

19. What troubles me...

...is the fact that Russert-the-Ho is now trying to blame it on "a rogue CIA agent named Curveball."

I blame it on a rogue administration named "Screwball."

[Lorien]

20. Sounds to me like he's going after the intelligence community

"BushCo was deliberately misled. BushCo did nothing wrong. BushCo is not responsible...." maybe they'll try to strike back at the intelligence community for the Hersch article. If they do, I suspect they'll fail.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

22. Exactly. Please read my Post #21.

[doxieone]

4. THIS IS AN INSULT To POWEll.....

Of all people on TeamBush, Powell knows how to handle the hard questions.

Emily has not helped her boss at all. Say Goodbye, Emily.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

23. Yes, indeed. Powell has been handling the "hard questions"...

...since his efforts to help cover-up My Lai, the effects of Agent Orange, the effects of Gulf War Syndrome, and other activities as required to "protect" the Army.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

36. Thanks for this post and #21

Powell is not an innocent man caught in a bad situation. All that's happened now is that his Teflon has finally worn off. Thanks for keeping the facts straight.

[MikeG]

5. Emily Miller former aide to Bugman Tom Delay

http://www.hillnews.com/050201/capitol_ambitions.shtm

[Merlin]

6. With a background at NBC. Is there evidence somewhere that...

Powell's Emily is the same Emily?


...
Emily Miller, a former press secretary in the leadership office, has been named communications director to the majority whip, one of five changes in his press office.

Miller, who was press secretary to then-Rep. Rick Lazio (R-N.Y.), came to Capitol Hill from television news.

She had been an associate producer for ABC News’ “This Week” and “Good Morning America,” and a production assistant in NBC News’ Washington Bureau. A native of Baltimore, Miller is a graduate of Georgetown University.
...

[bicentennial_baby]

8. State Department Bureau of Public Affairs

directory says she's the Deputy Press Secretary for Robert Tappan

http://foia.state.gov/mms/OrgDirectory/print_org.asp?ID=50

[Athletic Grrl]

45. Same Emily Miller?

It's not an uncommon name. Or can she hold two positions like that at once?

[MikeG]

9. Isn't Google wonderful?

[DUreader]

15. Any chance she is related to NYT/CIA Op Judith Miller?

[chicagojoe]

7. Emily is toast, just like Bushmonkey.

[omshanti]

10. so that's what McCain meant by the palm tree comment!

i only caught the 2nd half of MTP... when Russert asked McCain if he (McCain) would consider the Democratic VP ticket, McCain said something along the lines of "Now Tim if you would only be so kind as to pan over to a palm tree."

Did anyone else see that?
Thanks to DU for clarifying that for me... I was wondering where that came from!

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

28. Yeah, it was very witty

I wish they'd moved to a palm tree when Biden was urging McCain to accept Kerry's call.

No Republicans in a Democratic White House, No Republicans in a Democratic cabinet.

[omshanti]

50. Now *that* would have been too funny. n/t

:)

[Gore1FL]

68. Cohen was OK under Clinton.

IMHO

[Penndems]

11. Somebody'd better let Drudge know that Colin Powell is

Secretary of STATE - not SecDef.

Adios, Emily. Start checking employment ads in The Post or Roll Call.

You're history. :nopity:

[mike1963]

14. Maybe he really IS the SecDef...Chimpy called Rummy SOS the other day

:eyes:

[Penndems]

25. It wouldn't surprised me one iota if he was

This administration has gone out of its way to turn the State Department into "Pentagon II".

These clowns don't believe in diplomacy.

[peacetalksforall]

52. And Condoleeza called Bush her husband.

[Shopaholic]

26. Drudge has fixed it now so it says Sec of State

But I loved how he got it wrong the first time around!

[MikeG]

12. I'm sure the Bugman will take her back.

[skooooo]

13. This was one of the most bizarre things ...

...I've ever seen. This moment in American fascism brought to you by the Republican party.

[TN al]

16. CNN is about to report on it right NOW

[TankLV]

17. It happened exactly after Russert asked Posell about his l ies to the UN

about the WMD.

Heard something like "Oh F--, not that question again!" - then a bunch of confusion, etc.

These thugs can't handle real questioning - and certainly none that they don't have prepared answers for.

Hello"! Any real DEMOCRAT out there?! This is why we should be hammering and hammering about their LIES for CHOOSING to start this "war" to begin with! They are the most weak on this!

[Maestro]

18. Why do I think Powell regrets ever

becoming part of the Neocon revolution. I wouldn't be surprised if he writes another book this time recounting his horrible experiences under the Rove/Cheney/Rumsfeld administration.

[calimary]

59. Yes we SHOULD! "we should be hammering and hammering about their LIES"

YES YES YES!

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BTW - this could be enough to turn Timmy against them now, too. He's not gonna like some outsider's hand messing with HIS show. Even HE should smell a rat by now.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

21. Speaking of "deliberately misleading", Powell stated that...

..."When I made that presentation in February 2003, it was based on the best information that the Central Intelligence Agency made available to me.", which is VERY misleading. The CIA, in the person of George Tenet himself, told Powell repeatedly NOT to use the information on the alleged Iraqi WMDs in Powell's presentation to the UN.

This was during the time-frame that the NeoCon, Pentagon-based OSP was also briefing the Pentagon, Junior, and the National Security team on Iraqi WMDs. This information was coming from Iraqi sources under the control of the OSP. As Powell correctly states, those sources were "inaccurate and wrong and, in some cases, deliberately misleading."

Additionally, Rummy had been trying for quite some time to have the CIA report to him directly, because he didn't like the information that the CIA was providing...primarily that there were NO WMDs in Iraq. If they had been forced to use the CIA's information, the NeoCons would not have had the rationale to invade and occupy Iraq.

[UTUSN]

24. Emily Comes from DeLAY *and* LAZIO?

Figures. Add to that her background in media------when THOSE go into bureaucracy as "media experts" they are klutzes, have their small-head-media-hats on and screw up BADLY. Is she on suicide watch now?

********QUOTE********

.... Emily Miller, a former press secretary in the leadership office, has been named communications director to the majority whip, one of five changes in his press office.

Miller, who was press secretary to then-Rep. Rick Lazio (R-N.Y.), came to Capitol Hill from television news.

She had been an associate producer for ABC News’ “This Week” and “Good Morning America,” and a production assistant in NBC News’ Washington Bureau. A native of Baltimore, Miller is a graduate of Georgetown University. ....

********UNQUOTE******

[TahitiNut]

27. It's particularly noteworthy that Emily ASSUMED MTP would edit ...

... the interview in a manner to comply with her "friendly" expectations. Whenever I look at such behavior, I strive to understand the inferred 'worldview' of people acting in such a manner. Obviously, Ms. Miller had some reason, based on history or relationships, to believe that the interview would be edited in a 'cooperative' manner. This strongly substantiates the whorishness of the corporate media, imho. It would be inconceivable, in a truly free and democratic culture, that an American Commissar would wield such grossly heavy-handed control. This is the kind of Party Correctness police reminiscent of the Soviet Union, where Communist Party enforcers were assigned to all military units and government functions.

[Junkdrawer]

34. And the fact that Russert didn't cut it may be a signal...

that people with careers may be hedging their bets.

[patrice]

42. Thanks for this insight -eom

[priller]

46. Russert specifically said at the end:

"That was an UNEDITED interview with Colin Powell". Makes you wonder, are the normally edited? Did Russert make a decision to leave the attempted censorship in?

[uncertainty1999]

65. yes -- great point!

[bacchant]

29. Hmm... I don't know

I didn't see this but it could have been a stunt, staged to reinforce Powell's flagging reputation. Just a thought.

[seabeyond]

30. deliberately misleading

as bushco's are saying they just got it wrong, or cia just got it wrong, we know it was deliberately misleading. that is lying. good he said this outloud, now this needs to filter thru out and become the basis to the story

bet it was cheney and bush who gave him the deliberate misleading info to get him on board and to the u.n. we all know he was opposed and right before that speech made a complete turn in his thoughts. bushco made up this info to bring him on board

[Shopaholic]

31. Official CYA version floating around

Is that this was Colin's 3rd interview of the day and that the cameraman "got tired"!!!!!! Jesus, this is the biggest bunch of lying MoFo's I've ever had the extreme displeasure to watch in action--and I remember Nixon!

[Blue-Jay]

32. I hope this gets some HUGE media play.

People are finally starting to see what kind of people we're dealing with.

"Deliberately misleading".... Something we've known all along, and now it's been confirmed.

[seemslikeadream]

33. I saw that and it made my day

n/t

[bluedeminredstate]

35. I didn't know what was going on

until Russert said "Secretary Powell? That's very INAPPROPRIATE!" Then Powell ordered the camera back and answered the question. Tim clarified what happened at the end of the interview by saying it was pretaped, but unedited and Powell's press agent had tried to shut down the interview when Tim asked the last question.

[patrice]

37. Who is "Curve Ball"? - eom

Also, the multiple sources were their own echoes in an empty room (inside the president's head).

[Old and In the Way]

41. I think it was an Iraqi....maybe Chalabi?

[joanski01]

64. I remember reading on DU that

Curveball is a relative of Chalabi, or a best friend of one of Chalabi's aids. Anyway, Curveball is connected with Chalabi. That's why the disinformation. Cheney and Rummy love Chalabi.

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[Athletic Grrl]

39. What time

Does MSNBC rerun it? I missed MTP on the one day I shouldn't have. :cry:

[Diamonique]

54. Re: What time

It reruns tonight at 10 p.m. and 1 a.m. eastern time on CNBC, and also at 8 and 10 p.m. eastern time tomorrow on CNBC.

[spanone]

40. How can Colin Powell be comforted that we got the WRONG FUCKING INTEL!!!!!

[chookie]

43. Out of control desperation

What a wacky tv moment. Craziest I've seen since Richard Nixon violently shoved Ronald Ziegler towards a crowd of reporters.

Clearly, Powell and the Chimpistration are not on the same page, and Emily was taking the initiative to clumsily protect them from the press, even if it meant embarassing Powell.

Russert has been awfully sympathetic to the Chimpistration for a long time, but since his bizarre "interview" with His Chimperial Majesty a few months ago -- which shocked even some supporters -- Russert has ceased protecting them from making assholes of themselves.

Of course, there will be an orchestrated effort to characterize Russert as adverserial, which is an outright lie. All he has to do is let them "be themselves" to be "adverserial." This is what it has come to.

Clearly, the Alert Level in the WH is Red.

[grasswire]

47. she's nannying Powell?

This is kind of scary, actually. Powell has to deal with this kind of "protection" in his inner staff? Why was she even there? His own spokesperson is Boucher, whom we assume he trusts. Why was this known Repug sitting in?

[mgarretson]

49. On location in Jordan...

grasswire,
Boucher is likely still in D.C. Oftentimes, when "principals" travel they don't take their top aides with them, but assistants and deputies and the like...

This incident is just strange though...h

[i_c_a_White_Ghost]

48. Powell has lost all credibility

he's beginning to look like a wing-nut defending a lost cause. He should cut and run from this mis-administration ASAP but he won't. No, he'd rather stay loyal.

"You know Colin, loyalty is a good to a point, but when it becomes an impediment to the country you serve YOU SHOULD OPEN YOUR EYES!"

Powell has drunk the Kool Aid, and he's going down with the rest of them.

[progressivebydesign]

51. Sounds like another "Palm Beach" riot..

.. Emily being one of DeLay's henchmen, makes me think she was part of the original one. You couldn't make this shit up.. it gets wierder every day.

[chookie]

53. BREAKING NEWS: Not a palm tree, but Candidate Ficus!

What was Ficus doing over in Jordan with Powell?

Was this a publicity stunt by Michael Moore?

(just joking)

[scrotim]

55. oh please; let us not kid ourselves: russert is the whore of whores

i'm thrilled to see the bush misadministration humiliated again this week, but let's keep in mind that timmy russert is merely changing boats in midstream, now that it's clear the u.s.s. bushtanic is going down.

this was a taped interview. taped interviews are regularly edited of emberrassing, unplanned events, or merely for smoothness and continuity.

how many russert brain-farts (or actual farts) are edited out of his interviews on a regular basis?

the fact that russert made a point of leaving this little fracas in the broadcast is merely a sign that he is abandoning ship now that Iraq is a disaster, and he's decided to play "serious journalist" until, once again, it is no longer convenient or cuts into his popularity on the D.C. cocktail party circuit.

I was particularly amused by timmy's placement on his face of the "dubious, tough journalist" mask he wears when it suits his sense of drama. excuse me, where was that stupid mask when our army was rolling across Iraq and there was NO credible independent evidence to support bush's reasoning for the invasion?

the mask was on a hook in tim's dressing room, next to the tub of #5 foundation and tubes of whore's red rouge.

russert is what's wrong with u.s. journalism.

[maddezmom]

56. actually the deputy press sec Miller is what's wrong with the gov't

Powell's job is to answer or refuse to answer the question....not to be censored by his deputy press sec. :eyes:

[happynewyear]

57. why is my transcript different than the other one posted?

Here is my own transcript of the incident. I haven't seen this format noted anywhere. :wtf: is going on?

Russert:
asks ? re: case Saddam Hussein

Cut off ...

Emily in the background; talks about "editing"

Powell in background ... "he is still asking questions" ...

Powell: Tim I am sorry I lost you

Russert: I am still here Mr. Secretary, I would hope they'd put you back on camera. I don't know who did that. I think that is one of your staff. I think it is inappropriate.

Powell: Emily get away! Bring the camera back ...

Russert: Thank you very much sir.

Russert: Asks Saddam ? again re: Curveball ...

End of interview after response

Russert: Mr. Secretary we thank you for very much joining us again and sharing you views with us today.

Powell: Thanks Tim

Russert: And, that was an unedited interview with the Secretary of State taped earlier this morning from Jordan. We appreciate Secretary Powell's willingness to overrule his press aide's attempt to abruptly cut off our discussion as I began to ask my final question.

Is this any different than what others have seen? I have this on tape. No questions.

[JHBowden]

58. Russert is usually hard on everyone.

I know he is disliked here, but Russert has been professional all of the times I have seen him.

[happynewyear]

60. Russert seemed really pissed

Anyone that saw this interview and what happened must have noticed how angry Russert was. Especially at the end when he said what he said about Powell's aide cutting him off and how inappropriate it was. I say :thumbsup: to Russert regardless of what others may have to say about him with respect to this interview.

[Diamonique]

62. Re: Russert is usually hard on everyone

He wasn't hard on Bush. I was really disappointed in that interview, and I usually like Russert.

[mgarretson]

63. Wasn't Russert involved in Dem politics...

before he took the job at MTP? I heard that on one of his interviews about his new book... I remember it suprising me.

[JawJaw]

61. Banana Republican

Nice little quote from Ms Miller Here from Nov '01, giving her opinion on whether military vehicles should have been stationed public areas in D.C.

"That's not what America is all about," said DeLay spokeswoman Emily Miller. "That's what a banana republic is all about."

She should know...

[Nlighten1]

66. "No. They can't use it, they're editing it..." Miller said on an open micr

Do you hear this? She is basically censoring the interview. What gall these people have.