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Karmadillo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 09:07 AM
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Will any Democrat call Con Rice on her lies?
The Daily Howler, if I remember correctly, also discussed her bogus testimony in some detail.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/apr2004/pdb-a12.shtml

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In her April 8 testimony before the 9/11 panel, Rice, under prodding from one of the commissioners, former Watergate prosecutor Richard Ben-Veniste, gave out the title of the August 6 presidential brief. The official heading of the suppressed document produced an audible gasp from the audience in the hearing room, which included dozens of family members of 9/11 victims.

Yet Rice continued to lie about the contents and implications of the PDB. Her dissembling had three essential components.

* Lie number one: Rice declared numerous times that the PDB was not a “threat warning.” It was merely a “historical” review of past events and old intelligence, and contained no warnings of current threats. Nor did it, she claimed, give any indication as to specific cities or buildings to be targeted.

* Lie number two: Notwithstanding the title of the document, Rice continued to maintain that it contained no warnings of attacks within the US.

* Lie number three: Rice reiterated her previous assertions that the PDB in no way pointed to the possibility of hijacked airplanes being used as missiles.

Unfortunately for Rice and the rest of the Bush administration, the plain language of the document, and the actual context in which it appeared, flatly contradict all three contentions.

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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 09:10 AM
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1. Barbara boxer is supposed to have a few questions
for her about these lies. We'll see.
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Love Bug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 10:11 AM
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2. Are you kidding?
Other than Boxer and maybe a couple of token others, the Dems will just make a show of "being tough" and vote for her anyway. I don't know why they even bother to show up.
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 10:18 AM
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3. Bagdad John will write a fiery e-mail to his supporters (AWOL in senate)
Dead in the water.
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