James Murdoch, vs "The Dude"

[mod mom]

TPM Reader JB took one look at this quote from James Murdoch in today's phone hacking hearing before Parliament and had an epiphany:

And I'm not saying that somebody should have told me. To my knowledge certain things were not known. And when new information came to light, with respect to my knowledge of these events, when the new information came to light, the company acted on it, and the company acted on it in a right and proper way as best the company could. But it's difficult to say that the company should have been told something if it's not known that a thing was a known fact to be told.

Remind you of anyone?

The Dude: I dropped off the money exactly as per... look, man, I've got certain information, all right? Certain things have come to light. And, you know, has it ever occurred to you, that, instead of, uh, you know, running around, uh, uh, blaming me, you know, given the nature of all this new shit, you know, I-I-I-I... this could be a-a-a-a lot more, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, complex, I mean, it's not just, it might not be just such a simple... uh, you know?

-snip

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2011/07/epiphany_1.php?ref=fpblg

:rofl:

[Myrina]

1. Donald Rumsfeld: "There are known knowns and unknown knowns"

:wtf: Welcome to 1984.

[yellowcanine]

3. Crap. You ended my winning streak. I had gone six weeks without reading or hearing the name "Donald

Rumsfeld. My previous record was 4 weeks. Now I have to start all over. Thanks a lot.

[mod mom]

4. You're more correct...anyway it's an insult to "The Dude" to connect him

to either rumsfeld or murdoch.

[sabrina 1]

2. Reminds me of Rumsfeld

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

5. .

[foo_bar]

6. "this is a very complicated case, Maude... lotta ins, lotta outs..."

[provis99]

7. eh. Rumsfeld is more accurate.