FINALLY! CNN: Bush asked to explain UK war memo

[Bluebear]

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Eighty-nine Democratic members of the U.S. Congress last week sent President George W. Bush a letter asking for explanation of a secret British memo that said "intelligence and facts were being fixed" to support the Iraq war in mid-2002 -- well before the president brought the issue to Congress for approval.

The Times of London newspaper published the memo -- actually minutes of a high-level meeting on Iraq held July 23, 2002 -- on May 1.

British officials did not dispute the document's authenticity, and Michael Boyce, then Britain's Chief of Defense Staff, told the paper that Britain had not then made a decision to follow the United States to war, but it would have been "irresponsible" not to prepare for the possibility.

The White House has not yet responded to queries about the congressional letter, which was released on May 6.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/11/britain.war.memo/index.html

[smartvoter]

1. Have the geniuses in Freepville figured out the memo is real yet?

[karlrschneider]

2. chimpy will answer when

sno-kones are free & plentiful in Hell.
:grr:

[havocmom]

3. Sorta explains the evacation of the Capital, doesn't it?

Gotta let the critters know who is boss.

Oh, did you see the LBN post about the Capital fire?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1464455

[Bluebear]

5. Holy moly, wonder which files are "burning"? nt

[havocmom]

10. Probably due to an overheated shredder?

:shrug:

[Bluebear]

11. ZING!

good one!

[DulceDecorum]

15. And speaking of fires, what's going on right now in DC?

The US Capitol building is burning?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1464455

[FreedomAngel82]

7. Oh wow

Is this on the main page of the site and everything?

[havocmom]

9. Dunno. OldLeftyLawyer caught something about it on local D.C. news

Don't have TV on so I don't know if the cable babble is reporting on it.

The LBN thread is active

[nittygritty]

21. yuppers

front page top right CNN website!

Everyone be sure to click and use the email feature at the bottom of the story and send to everyone and boost the story's ratings at the same time!

[Roland99]

4. Only took them a week, eh?

[paineinthearse]

6. related post

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3641174

[DesEtoiles]

8. CNN taking third person stance: "A asked B about C", when they should

be saying, "Bush called out on lies that duped country into war".

[KoKo]

12. Raleigh, NC paper "News & Observer" placed the story in "International"

but had it right next to Molly Ivin's article on the Memo. So, we got a "two fer." It was yesterday's paper and Raleigh is the state capitol so it got "eyes." I and other NC Progressies sent it all around but it should have been on Page One and not buried back in International.

[kansasblue]

13. Question: is this just an article on the internet or

or is this now running on the air. Did they just post it on their web site? Has some one seen it on tv?

[Tux]

14. No

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=&q=british+memo&btnG=Search+News

But when CNN, Kansas City Star, and others have it on their Web sites, something is up. Can we say impeachment?

[FreedomAngel82]

17. As long as

Rove is there controlling and blackmailing the republicans who are Senators they never will. Same in Congress. But on the good side there were three people in the House who didn't vote for the Real ID act who were republicans. Maybe we can get them to help John Conyers??

According to http://news.com.com/FAQ+How+Real+ID+will+affect+you+-+page+3/2100-1028_3-5697111-3.html?tag=st.num

the following republicans didn't vote for the Real ID act:

Howard Coble of North Carolina, John Duncan of Tennessee, and Ron Paul of Texas.

[DulceDecorum]

19. The Republicanstiltskins

are pitching the Mother of a Fit.

http://www.theage.com.au/ffxImage/urlpicture_id_1073437344388_2004/01/07/tantrum,0.jpg

[evlbstrd]

22. The KC Star is a Knight Ridder paper.

I wrote a LTTE on Friday, May 6, the same date of the article they ran from the KR Washington bureau.
I don't have a copy of the print edition, but I don't think it really saw ink in KC on that day.

[anarchy1999]

31. We can all say it, but can you spell it? Courtesy of Mr. Roger's

Neighborhood. Let's all spell it out now for fun......


I M P E A C H M E N T !

Great, now, let's do it!

[jojo54]

16. The Brits are almost as pissed off as we are

so I have a gut feeling there are pleny of copies to go around.

[FreedomAngel82]

18. More then likely

Wasn't there supposed to be a family last week who took Blair to court and anti-war groups going to the international court?

[jojo54]

20. Not sure.

My day's TV time consists of Caillou and SpongeBob Square Pants (my grandson's favs).

[oblivious]

23. I'm wondering what exactly needs explaining.

"Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy."

I'm not sure how much clearer it could be. Maybe this is a sort of "Say it ain't so, George."

[bilgewaterbill]

24. 89 Democratic members of the U.S. Congress?

Only 89? How many Dems are in congress? 200+? This is why the party can't win jack- no freaking guts!

[nittygritty]

25. kick.

[Erika]

26. Yes for CNN

This memo is not going away.

[steve2470]

27. kick nt

[Paul Dlugokencky]

36. Kick for Conyers!!

"The letter, initiated by Rep. John Conyers, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, said the memo "raises troubling new questions regarding the legal justifications for the war as well as the integrity of your own administration..." "



http://www.cafepress.com/kickindemocrats

[SheepyMcSheepster]

28. kick!

[berni_mccoy]

29. Kick!

It's about damn time...!

:kick:

[anarchy1999]

30. Just keep sending the PDA release, over and over.

Let the media know we are doing their job. Print it down and spread copies everywhere. So the airline union trademarked "CHAOS". We've been doing it for a couple of years now, it is called chaos marketing. See AdBusters for more detail. Spread the message any way you can. We are the MEDIA. The MEDIA is not representing us the people, they gave up/sold out on the 4th estate of our government. Free press is us.

Thank you, Mr. Pitt!

http://www.pdamerica.org/field/Press-Release-Bush-Blair.php

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact:
Kimberly Krautter
Toll Free [phone]
[e-mail]

Progressive Democrats of America Make National Call of Support for Congressional Letter Demanding Investigation of British Intelligence Leak on Iraq Invasion Strategy

(WASHINGTON, DC) — Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), ranking minority member of the House Judiciary Committee, has released a letter signed by 88 fellow Representatives. The letter demands an investigation into the revelation that the American and British governments colluded secretly to manipulate intelligence as a means of justifying a decision to invade Iraq that had already been made. The Conyers letter and names of the House signatories can be read here:

http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/letters/bushsecretmemoltr5505.pdf

The revelations came on Monday, May 2nd by way of a report published in the London Telegraph, which described a leaked British intelligence memo from July of 2002. The memo, stamped “Secret,” described concerted efforts by both British and American officials to “fix intelligence and facts around the policy.” The policy in question was the invasion of Iraq. The memo noted specifically that the invasion would be illegal if a justification were not found or created.

[wiggs]

32. How long before UK memo and Niger uranium forged letter are connected? nt

[lala_rawraw]

33. This is like watching life

Through the looking glass of a toilet bowl reflection. Okay, so let us see what we have learned:

1). Write letter
2). Ask questions about Chimp's lies
3). Be ignored
4). Write more letters
5). Ask the same questions about Chimp's lies
6). Be ignored
and so forth... until Scottie says "not true" and then move on to next story... we know the drill.

Let us bypass the whole "asking" and just present the facts... woo hoo, CNN, "report the facts" you don't need permission from the white house or answers. I mean really, you are asking a liar to admit to lying?

[Tesla]

35. This is so frustrating!!!!

I mean, I remember when it was a good thing to keep your politicians in check!!!!
I remember when starting a big story like this is what made a reporter a reporter!!!
Where is the news!!!

Sorry I miss the country I used to live in.

[RBHam]

34. Poor Paula Zahn, how WILL she explain THIS to her children!

Of course, the blood on HER hands is pretty thick too...

OUT! OUT DAMN TALKING POINT!

[radfringe]

37. won't get an answer out of bush*

they will mumble, spin, two-step and then claim it's a matter of national security...

[Vinca]

38. This is what will happen: NOTHING.

Every time a scandal comes along we think "this is it, this is the one" and a couple of months later we're looking for the next scandal. The Teflon president and his cronies put their fingers in their ears and sing "La,la,la,la-la" until each scandal goes away. They do not acknowledge it, they do not explain, they do not answer questions. It's like Bolton and the State Department information. Apparently State has been told to clam up and even Senators can't get requested information. They pretend whatever they don't like isn't there and, as predictably as snow in winter, it eventually goes away. Remember the Bulldog.

[Roland99]

39. NOTHING on the morning news shows. Just 10 min. of TERROR SCARE

about that Cessna.


:eyes:

[Bluebear]

40. Runaway Bride to Runaway Cessna

Smooth segue.

[Roland99]

45. Oh, they talked more about her, too.

More of her shoplifting past and a quote from a priest or something that she's seeking help.

[katinmn]

41. Glad that CNN is calling the London Times a newspaper now

the first time they mentioned this scandal they referred to the Times as a "tabloid" which to Americans means National Inquirer.

I wonder if some of our letters to CNN woke them up.

[Rockholm]

42. Scrubbed from the CNN Homepage....

Michael Jackson, Woman falling 8 stories, Little bad mean Cessna....keep moving, nothing here.

[Coexist]

43. If we email the article, is it the same as a "hit" or a "rating"

on Yahoo. Do they move articles around based on hits or popluarity as determined by hits? Is there something that we can do to keep articles there?

[Dawgs]

44. Screw CNN...

They showed that article late at night, and now it's gone. It was never a headline. They did it like this on purpose.

They can now pretend that they are unbiased.

This really pisses me off!!!!!!!:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[CantGetFooledAgain]

46. The story has changed

Keep this in mind: "the story" is no longer the memo itself, or even the Congressional letter.

The story is the WH refusal to answer the important questions posed in the letter.

The story now is, what are they afraid of? Why not answer? What are they hiding from the American people?

[paineinthearse]

47. I wish I had a nickle for each time I said

John Conyers rocks! :yourock: