The Big Stories
US is still looking into whether Russia gave Saddam intel on our troops movements shortly after the 2003 invasion:
The United States is still investigating Pentagon assertions that Russia gave intelligence on U.S. military movements to Iraq shortly after the 2003 invasion, despite Russia’s denial, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday.“Of course we will continue to look into the matter,” Rice told a congressional hearing.
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Rice told the House of Representatives International Relations Committee that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov passed her a letter stating that Russia did not believe the contacts took place.
“They have talked to the ambassador at the time,” Rice said.
They talked to the ambassador? That’s it? Hopefully the Bush admin isn’t satisfied with that.
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Today’s ANSWER Woman
Meredith Viera, who is widely rumored to be Katie Couric’s replacement on the Today Show, is an anti-war protestor.
On the Monday, August 30, 2004 edition of the ABC daytime show she quad-hosts, The View, the former CBS 60 Minutes reporter told viewers that she attended the anti-Bush protest held in New York City on the Sunday before the Republican convention opened, insisting: “I didn’t go anti-Bush or pro-Kerry. I’m still so upset about this war and I’m so proud I live in a country where you can protest.” She showed a photo of herself marching with her pre-teen daughter and her husband, Richard, who was the senior political producer at CBS News for most of the 1980s. Behind her in the photo: A protest sign featuring a “W,” for George W. Bush, with a slash through it.
Earlier in 2004, she declared of the Iraq war: “Everything’s been built on lies. Everything! I mean the entire pre-text for war.” And, with war impending in March of 2003, Vieira argued that anti-war protests “should be consistent and repeated every day, I believe.”
That these rallies are usually organized by the violent Communists of International ANSWER—the same people who have organized the May Day Hispanic strike—never seems to bother people like Meredith Viera. Or the allegedly unbiased news networks that employ them.
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“Culture” No Defense Against Sexual Assault Charges
Wow. Just, wow. A Pakistani residing in Australia actually tried to use his “culture” as an excuse for raping teenage girls. The court rejected that defense, of course.
But, wow.
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Libby Says Bush Authorized Leak
I imagine that the Minute Man will be all over this story once he’s had the chance to peruse it. I’ll make one point about it. If the president authorized the “leak” of a doc to a reporter, it’s no longer a leak—it’s a release. The president has declassification authority. Therefore, if this story that says Scooter Libby told the grand jury that Bush authorized the 2002 NIE to be “leaked” to a reporter is true, well then, where’s the crime that drove the Fitzgerald investigation? What did Fitz know about this, and when did he know it? If Fitz knew early on that Bush authorized the leak, but continued his investigation, the relevant question it seems to me is “Why?” Prosecutors are supposed to investigate crimes, not create crimes by snaring people in he said-she said mindbends.
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My Donation to the RNC
Fix the borders. Then, maybe, we’ll talk about painting the map red. (from Sacred Cow Burgers)
(thanks to MR)