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Seeker30 Donating Member (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 06:03 PM
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So they fixed the Iraqi elections too
U.S. reportedly tried to influence Iraq vote
Article contradicts White House claim that covert assistance was called off

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration proceeded last year over congressional objections with a covert plan to try to influence Iraqi elections in January, the New Yorker magazine reported, citing unnamed current and former officials.

The article, by award-winning journalist Seymour Hersh, said “the methods and the scope of the covert effort have been hard to discern,” and the report offered few details.

These activities were kept, in part, “off the books,” and were conducted by retired CIA officers and other non-government personnel, and “used funds that were not necessarily appropriated by Congress,” Hersh reported.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8608425/
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DanCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 06:09 PM
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1. practice makes perfect (nt)
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FloridaPat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 06:27 PM
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2. You're suprised? nd looks like more illegal funding.
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Independent_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 07:20 PM
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3. Of course they did....
That's what they do. They "fix" everything.
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 07:21 PM
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4. "we'll take care of the counting"
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