edDec 8th, 2007 - 03:08:08

think he is scared?
that doesn't mean a thing to him. under fire .lol

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Once more timeDec 8th, 2007 - 03:19:41

It would lead to the identification of agents... put them and their families at risk????
What a load of codswallop. If the CIA can't hide 2 torturers in a country of over 300 million people and 350 million square miles, then maybe they aren't as good at the spy business as they want us to believe.
More likely, by destroying the tapes, they can't be identified in a proper court of law. This saves Bushwhacker from a lot of embarrassment and tough questions. But there are still going to be a lot of tough questions. The Whitewhorehouse is assisting in the internal review? More likely looking for more stuff to destroy. Doesn't this sound a lot like Richard Nixon and his tapes? He was another Republican warmonger, thief and liar.

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Bush has a Nixon momentDec 8th, 2007 - 04:16:18

www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/07/cia.videotapes/

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. President George W. Bush 'has no recollection' of videotapes of CIA interrogations of some al Qaeda suspects or of plans to destroy the tapes, a White House spokeswoman said.

'I spoke to the president this morning about this,' White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said. 'He has no recollection of being made aware of the tapes or their destruction before yesterday. He was briefed by General Hayden yesterday morning.'

The vice president learned about the tapes and their destruction at the same time, another administration official told CNN.

Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Connecticut, said that was 'stretching credulity.'

(B U l l S H i t)

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NSKDec 8th, 2007 - 04:27:46

What I find interesting is the timing. This follows immediately on the heels of the release of their boneheaded report on Iran's nuclear activities. My suspicions would be that this was likely planned in advance before the release of the Iran report in order to take the media's attention off that before the damage can be undone.
Obviously the democratic Congress, in its zeal to sling mud against the GOP during the campaigning, has blinded itself to the critical importance of the propaganda aspect of the war. And the CIA? I suppose they they just plain may not know any better. Too many people in high positions that have been educated way beyond their intelligence.
This will likely be downplayed to a trivial issue before it's finished. Not much different than the Clinton administration letting Sandy Berger break into the pentagon and destroy the classified reports implicating Bill Clinton in his crimes and misconduct in the White House.
Both the republican and democratic parties need complete overhauls in regard to integrity and character issues, but sadly, neither party is offering any hope of that in the next election with their present candidates.

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Where do you come up with this crap?Dec 8th, 2007 - 05:13:25

RE: ' ... Sandy Berger break into the pentagon and destroy the classified reports implicating Bill Clinton in his crimes and misconduct in the White House.'

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Provide a Google link as to Berger covering up any 'crime' committed by Clinton.

www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/63/22170

Measures taken by the Clinton administration to thwart international terrorism and bin Laden's network were historic, unprecedented and, sadly, not followed up on. Consider the steps offered by Clinton's 1996 omnibus anti-terror legislation, the pricetag for which stood at $1.097 billion. The following is a partial list of the initiatives offered by the Clinton anti-terrorism bill:

Screen Checked Baggage: $91.1 million

Screen Carry-On Baggage: $37.8 million

Passenger Profiling: $10 million

Screener Training: $5.3 million

Screen Passengers (portals) and Document Scanners: $1 million

Deploying Existing Technology to Inspect International Air Cargo: $31.4
million

Provide Additional Air/Counterterrorism Security: $26.6 million

Explosives Detection Training: $1.8 million

Augment FAA Security Research: $20 million

Customs Service: Explosives and Radiation Detection Equipment at Ports: $2.2 million

Anti-Terrorism Assistance to Foreign Governments: $2 million

Capacity to Collect and Assemble Explosives Data: $2.1 million

Improve Domestic Intelligence: $38.9 million

Critical Incident Response Teams for Post-Blast Deployment: $7.2 million

Additional Security for Federal Facilities: $6.7 million

Firefighter/Emergency Services Financial Assistance: $2.7 million

Public Building and Museum Security: $7.3 million

Improve Technology to Prevent Nuclear Smuggling: $8 million

Critical Incident Response Facility: $2 million

Counter-Terrorism Fund: $35 million

Explosives Intelligence and Support Systems: $14.2 million

Office of Emergency Preparedness: $5.8 million

The Clinton administration poured more than a billion dollars into counterterrorism activities across the entire spectrum of the intelligence community, into the protection of critical infrastructure, into massive federal stockpiling of antidotes and vaccines to prepare for a possible bioterror attack, into a reorganization of the intelligence community itself. Within the National Security Council, 'threat meetings' were held three times a week to assess looming conspiracies. His National Security Advisor, Sandy Berger, prepared a voluminous dossier on al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden, actively tracking them across the planet. Clinton raised the issue of terrorism in virtually every important speech he gave in the last three years of his tenure.

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Clinton's 1996 anti-terrorism billDec 8th, 2007 - 05:15:53

www.cnn.com/US/9604/18/anti.terror.bill/index.html

Congress passes anti-terrorism bill
April 18, 1996
Web posted at: 6:30 p.m. EDT

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Congress on Thursday passed a compromise bill boosting the ability of law enforcement authorities to fight domestic terrorism, just one day before the first anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing.

The House voted, 293-133, to send the anti-terrorism bill to President Clinton, who has indicated that he will sign it after he returns from his overseas trip next week.

The measure, which the Senate passed overwhelmingly Wednesday evening, is a watered-down version of the White House's proposal. The Clinton administration has been critical of the bill, calling it too weak.

The original House bill, passed last month, had deleted many of the Senate's anti-terrorism provisions because of lawmakers' concerns about increasing federal law enforcement powers. Some of those provisions were restored in the compromise bill.

The bill imposes limits on federal appeals by death row inmates and other prisoners and makes the death penalty available in some international terrorism cases and in cases where a federal employee is killed on duty.

The bill 'has some very effective tools that we can use in our efforts to combat terrorism,' Attorney General Janet Reno said Thursday.

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PatriotDec 8th, 2007 - 06:24:59

Keep watch and pray. You see 8 people died in Omaha because the system of government did not do its job from the beginning.

22 more people in Iraq died because of the same reasons.

We do not need money, we do not sell books, we do not collect funds from those that do not wish to openly contribute, we have our own Army, we have our own intelligence, we do need a fancy website to tell others we are here, we do not need the mainstream media to promote us, for we come from them and from government and from Army, and from Business, and we are tired of the corruption and death and greed and the suffering of the American people who just want to have a nice Christmas and be happy. Just look at the internet and see. The American Republic has already fired its first shot, and you people were too busy watching TV or doing something else to even notice, but those that are the powers that be heard it loud and clear, and they hope to keep it quiet from you all. But, we will fire another...

Humanity will overcome technology in the end!

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soDec 8th, 2007 - 13:26:15

nixon did nothing wrong so it seems.
little bush can get away with murder...which he is doing.

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!!!!Dec 8th, 2007 - 17:01:00

Sounds like SP4 is up and running - of the mouth that is!!

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Seriously, you are not amusing.Dec 8th, 2007 - 17:25:43

' we do need a fancy website to tell others we are here, '

Then shut up.

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