The hits on CBS just keep coming.
Be sure to read the whole thing.
Thanks for posting this!
Y'know, SeeBS gets pinched with a $550,000 fine for the Super Boob incident.
What's the fine going to be for displaying a boob like Rather night-after-night?
I thought it had already been established Idema was not Special Forces. CBS and Idema deserve each other.
What an incredible piece of info. So Rather was hoping for an exclusive interview with the evil enemy of our nation? And you can bet this piece of work would have "protected his source" had he met with osama! Sheesh!
Get on Westlaw and search this Idema character, and read some of the cases, criminal and civil, in which he has been a party. Sounds like a complete nutball.
Check this article out and get the REAL story on Idema
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/7/22/105010.shtml
I want Dan Rather off the air...permanently. I organized a small campaign today of 10 family members who took 2 mins to write in and say they are no longer watching CBS or CBS News until Rather is gone.
I think you all should do the same.
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I would be careful about this claim. Frequently criminals try to claim they really "worked for the CIA" and this is just a variant on that, in my opinion.
Great post! Idema won't have credibility sitting in an Afghan jail, but if those tapes with him speaking to Rather were ever
obtained it would be electric.
Great article!
Now maybe the dam to Abu Ghraib will break.
Has CBS been setting up these situations on purpose?
Dan the Man is completely off his rocker. This is a whole 'nother planet heard from, and here we thought Burkett was the one who needed thorazine. Verizon must be really happy with their flagship newshound. Talk about tanking. Hehehehehe.
Interesting read. He alledges his contact was Lt. General William G Boykin, who made news with his comments about a somali warlord.
"Boykin said the enemy in the war on terrorism was Satan, that God had put President George W. Bush in the White House and called one Muslim Somali warlord an idol-worshipper."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/10/16/attack/main578471.shtml
Man accused of running private Afghan jail had U.S. letter
(excerpt) Sources say that Idema and Scurka hooked up with Artis' KnightsBridge relief group in early November 2001. Within two or three days, they say, Artis booted Idema out of his camp.
The animosity centered partly on a story proposal for Scurka's National Geographic piece, sources say. Artis became aware of the proposal, which was written before Scurka went to Afghanistan.
The proposal, provided by two sources, describes a scenario in which former Green Berets will team with a well-known humanitarian to deliver food and medicine.
"National Geographic Producer Gary Scurka was invited on the mission by his longtime friend and business partner, former Green Beret Keith Idema," the proposal says. "It will be a harrowing journey. The mission: Operation Pathfinder."
The proposal says Idema and Artis will journey to the front line of the Northern Alliance, where Idema will use a radio to guide C-130 cargo planes to the drop zones.
"It will take expert timing to make the drop successful," the proposal says. "It is touch and go for a few moments, but Keith delivers the cargo on target. Keith, Ed and the Alliance commanders excitedly rush out to drag the prized cargo inside."
A week after the discovery of the proposal, Idema and Artis got into another shouting match, this time over an incident that put Idema in the limelight.
On Nov. 11, 2001, Idema and Scurka found themselves in the middle of a firefight between the Northern Alliance and Taliban soldiers.
Scurka got hit by shrapnel and suffered a bad leg wound. He credits Idema and journalists Tim Friend and Kevin Sites (The NBC blogger who has accused our marine of shooting an unarmed man) with saving his life.
Some people who were there question Idema's actions. Scurka says Idema acted responsibly and appropriately. Idema has said he rebandaged Scurka's wounds and tried to call in a helicopter to evacuate him.
"To see his friend lying on the ground, I didn't find it odd at all knowing his character - very brash and aggressive," Scurka said.
According to Mr. Tiffany, his client told him that a CBS engineer was present at the prison before the arrest. "The person was present where some if not all of the detained prisoners were being held," said Mr. Tiffany. "They were on the premises. They were aware that there were detainees on the premises.
"My client is either incredibly bold or my client is operating consistent with D.O.D. interrogation guidelines," Mr. Tiffany argued. "Why would he invite a CBS engineer in the house if there were problems?"
Oh, maybe he invited a CBS engineer because CBS was paying a moneyhungry fraud for a ready-made example of "prison abuse" to film since real examples are kind of hard to come by?