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Fri Sep-08-06 11:17 AM
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Carl Levin discussing Senate Report on C-Span 2 - 12:16 |
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He mentioned the quote, "the hardest part of my job is connecting Saddam to 9/11"
This should be a good speech.
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Fri Sep-08-06 11:18 AM
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1. Please keep us posted on this, who cannot get to TV... |
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Fri Sep-08-06 11:19 AM
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2. He is running through quotes of Bush's attempting to tie Iraq to 9/11 |
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Edited on Fri Sep-08-06 11:20 AM by FLDem5
and how they were false.
Levin: "And TO THIS DAY these statements have not stopped. Our Report shows that the statement made TWO DAYS AGO by the President is false."
this is great stuff.
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Fri Sep-08-06 11:21 AM
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3. "on 9/25/01 the Pres. said "you can't distinguish between AQ and Saddam |
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when you talk about the War on Terror."
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Fri Sep-08-06 11:24 AM
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4. 'Saddam's regime aids and protects terrorists' Cheney quote |
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Lots of "scare tactic" quotes.
Levin: One thing they did NOT say, is what the INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY was saying. What was the CIA saying? What was the Intel. Comm. saying? ... The ties between Iraq and Bin Laden are more of rivals"
(paraphrasing - can't type that fast.)
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Fri Sep-08-06 11:29 AM
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I will post the transcript when it goes up.
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Fri Sep-08-06 11:37 AM
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8. Thanks very much FLDem5! n/t |
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Fri Sep-08-06 11:30 AM
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6. This speech is so detailed. It is a complete timeline of |
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the obsfuscation of the * administration and the actual intelligence available to it leading up to the war. I hope he puts it up online at his website or the DNC puts it online.
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Fri Sep-08-06 11:34 AM
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7. "I urge all Senators to read the Classified version of this report" |
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he stated that the "classified version" has details that are hidden, not for national security reasons, but they are so damning of this administration that people didn't want them to come out.
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Fri Sep-08-06 11:43 AM
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10. Damn straight there is info damning to the administration! |
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Jay Rockefeller is “in the know” regarding PNAC.
After the initial Senate Intelligence Committee Report he said “It was clear to all of us in this room who were watching that, and to many others, that they had made up their mind that they were going to go to war. And I believe to this day, and I always have and I’ve said so publicly many times in regretting my vote, that there was a predetermination, even going back to 1998 in a letter to Bill Clinton, saying, "The time for diplomacy has ended and now is the time for the use of military force."
To understand how this fits into the Big Picture, see the link in my sig line.
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Fri Sep-08-06 11:43 AM
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9. That speech was a thing of beauty - everyone here should try to find |
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the video or the transcript. He was amazing.
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Fri Sep-08-06 11:46 AM
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11. Maybe at Crooks-n-Liars later? |
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Fri Sep-08-06 11:57 AM
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Carl totally kicks ass, and Debbie Stabenow is right behind him!
where online can I find this speech?
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