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Doesn't This CIA/NYT Marriage Look Strangely Familiar?
My seething mind | 11 Dec 16 | Moi

Posted on 12/11/2016 10:34:42 AM PST by A_perfect_lady

This whole Russian hackers may be Wiki's source of HRC's emails and that means the Russians "hacked the election" narrative reminds me very much of the stunt an ambassador named Joe Wilson pulled in 2002, with the help of the New York Times. Anyone remember this? It was not long after G.W. Bush's State of the Union address, where Bush said that Saddam Hussein had sought to buy enriched uranium from Africa (presumably to make weapons of mass destruction.)

Joe Wilson, who was a liberal, decided to "investigate" this claim. He went to one country, Niger, for about 10 days and interviewed his contacts there in the embassy, who assured him (of course) that they did NOT sell anything to Saddam. Yes, he approached, but they didn't sell anything to him.

Wilson then wrote the letter, "What I Didn't Find in Africa", helpfully published by the NYT, in which he appeared to contradict everything Bush had said. I went to Niger and I can tell you, there is no evidence Saddam Hussein bought anything. This is just Bush lying and war-mongering. And the liberals trumpeted this far and wide.

Now, leaving out that Africa has more countries in it than just Niger, and that an ambassador hanging out at the embassy bar for a few days is not exactly what I'd call an in-depth investigation, what Wilson said actually supported what Bush said: that Saddam had tried. It showed the intention. But the Left spun it (with much eager help from NYT) to make it sound like some sort of "gotcha."

Then, when a journalist asked "How the hell did Joe Wilson get that job anyway?" and some member of Bush's circle opined that he probably got it because his wife worked for the CIA.... suddenly THAT was the scandal. They OUTED her! Put her life in danger! (She was based in Washington and was in no danger whatsoever, but remember. This is NYT.)

To prove how upset they were, Wilson and his wife posed for the cover of Vanity Fair (perfect place for them both) and the official narrative became: Bush lied about Saddam buying weapons and then he tried to get a CIA operative killed for helping expose his lies.

This is how the Left operates. Dissemble, reword, suggest, and then redirect. All that happened was that Wilson's wife was exposed as CIA, which was very well known in Washington DC. All the Wikileaks really did was expose things Hillary and Podesta did. But let's redirect attention to WHO exposed these things. THAT is the real issue, let's clamor about that until we have made the public forget what was exposed. Forget what was actually said. This is a textbook Leftist tactic.


TOPICS: Conspiracy; History; Society
KEYWORDS: cia; election; hackers; msm

1 posted on 12/11/2016 10:34:42 AM PST by A_perfect_lady
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To: A_perfect_lady

ARGH!!! NYT, not NTY. Dammit.


2 posted on 12/11/2016 10:35:10 AM PST by A_perfect_lady
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Isn’t the head of the CIA a Muslim convert?

No wonder we were funding ISIS and Hillary and Podesta were taking tens of millions from Qatar and Saudi Arabia while Wikileaks revealed the two KNEW that those countries backed ISIS.

Benghazi was allowed to destroy the evidence and kill those in the know. Hillary was supplying arms to ISIS for $$$$$.


3 posted on 12/11/2016 10:40:16 AM PST by TigerClaws
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To: A_perfect_lady

Isn’t the head of the CIA a Muslim convert?

No wonder we were funding ISIS and Hillary and Podesta were taking tens of millions from Qatar and Saudi Arabia while Wikileaks revealed the two KNEW that those countries backed ISIS.

Benghazi was allowed to destroy the evidence and kill those in the know. Hillary was supplying arms to ISIS for $$$$$.


4 posted on 12/11/2016 10:40:26 AM PST by TigerClaws
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To: A_perfect_lady

Lib technique: Identify a false messenger and kill it. Blame Republicans.


5 posted on 12/11/2016 10:41:31 AM PST by Louis Foxwell (The Left has the temperament of a squealing pig.)
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To: A_perfect_lady

Richard Armitage really first gave her up to Bob Novak.


6 posted on 12/11/2016 10:43:52 AM PST by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticides, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: A_perfect_lady

The OBamatons mocked Romney for saying Russia is a threat to the USA. The Obamatons laughed at anyone who said there is still a “red menace” lurking about. Hillary’s email server was absolutely secure. Now... THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING.

And HOW does one “hack” a paper ballot?


7 posted on 12/11/2016 10:48:39 AM PST by Organic Panic (Rich White Man Evicts Poor Black Family From Public Housing - MSNBCPBSCNNNYTABC)
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To: A_perfect_lady

Good call.

This tact about the Russians is what they are using to keep Trump out of office.

Their first goal is to delay the inauguration.


8 posted on 12/11/2016 10:52:26 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ConservativeMind

I know. But as I said, it was well known, and she wasn’t operating out in the field undercover. It was not any kind of revenge, it was just an opinion about how Wilson got that gig in the first place.


9 posted on 12/11/2016 10:55:02 AM PST by A_perfect_lady
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To: A_perfect_lady

When I read your thread title, I knew exactly what you were referring to before I read the content. Great thread...thanks.


10 posted on 12/11/2016 10:55:34 AM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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Another interesting thing is that both the French president Chirac and Joe Wilson at different instances (but quoted in threads here at FR, so diligent researcher could find it) prior to the invasion of Iraq warned about the terrible carnage that would ensue, and the fact that horrible weapons would be used. In fact both Chirac and Wilson appeared to believe that Saddam Hussein would be able to unleash WMD on the US and allied forces. And this despite the fact that they in other venues argued that there was no reason to unseat Saddam and that he did not have any WMD:s.

Hypocrites galore.

11 posted on 12/11/2016 10:58:05 AM PST by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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Then, when a journalist asked "How the hell did Joe Wilson get that job anyway?" and some member of Bush's circle opined that he probably got it because his wife worked for the CIA.... suddenly THAT was the scandal. They OUTED her! Put her life in danger!

If memory serves, Joe Wilson actually had already lied about how he got the job. Something like he had been asked to go by Bush or Cheney or some such.

12 posted on 12/11/2016 10:59:51 AM PST by AndyTheBear
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To: A_perfect_lady

Brennan like Mike Morrell is a POLITICAL HACK ASS SNIFFING NEVER DID AN OP DESK JOCKEY WANNABE SPY... a meathead
distorting intel to meet political needs and a TOOL... in every sense of the word...
He is part of the leftwing cadre in the CIA and they undermine the essense of the agency... to gather unbiased facts.... NOT POLITICAL B.S.
the enture intel setup is screwed up becasue the CIA was supposed to be the focal point but after 9/11 the politicians piled on MORE USELESS BUREAUCRATS WITH THE DNI....
Clapper is another lying useless tool...THE ENTIRE DNI IS A WASTE .... 30000 USELESS GLORIFIED WELFARE PRINCESSES... DOING NOTHING... SHUFFLING PAPER...


13 posted on 12/11/2016 11:01:27 AM PST by zzwhale
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To: A_perfect_lady
Doesn't This CIA/NYT Marriage Look Strangely Familiar?

Shotgun marriage? LGBT? Which one is the dyke?

14 posted on 12/11/2016 11:09:27 AM PST by GoldenPup
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To: ConservativeMind

She had already been “outed” by Aldrich Ames...that’s why she was another “Secret Squirrel” desk rat at Langley.


15 posted on 12/11/2016 11:10:53 AM PST by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy... and call it progress")
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To: A_perfect_lady

Dis-in-gen-ous-ness. A word invented to describe Leftist big government pukes.


16 posted on 12/11/2016 1:34:43 PM PST by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: A_perfect_lady

Reminds me of Benghazi/ Internet video. In fact I think the lies are obvious. No matter who hacked DNC the American people made their decision.


17 posted on 12/11/2016 3:50:22 PM PST by Williams (Trump You Magnificent Bastard!)
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