Mylroie: Big Error by O'Neill Author on 60 Minutes

Iraq News News Letter - sam11@erols.com | 1-11-04 | Laurie Mylroie

[prairiebreeze]

Very plausible explanation. Thank you.

Prairie

[DrDeb]

A thanks for posting this BUMP!

[freekitty]

I think O'Neil is a political patsy. It's just another truth stretcher to muddy the waters regarding Bush.

I saw the program and my post #69 refers only to what I think O'Neil thought from beginning to end.

[Mrs.Liberty]

bump for later

[Americalover]

This guys fifteen minutes will be gone in a few days.... Truer words never spoke.

[Texasforever]

Look if deposing Saddam had NOT been a priority from the first day then Bush would not have been doing his job. The policy of regime change was put into place by the Clinton administration and it was left to Bush to clean up after Bill. The second point is that at least one document from the Senate intelligence committee shown on 60 minutes was marked SECRET. If that is the case O’Neil needs to be in an orange jumpsuit not selling a book. The author claimed O’Neil gave him “thousands” of documents. How much classified material was he given?

[cubreporter]

Well that makes it even for me cause I hate CBS. They stink! O'Neill lied and they swore to it so what else is new?

[DoctorMichael]

Bump.

[JulieRNR21]

How can O'Neill give Suskind papers that contain information regarding our national security? It seems to me that such info would be highly classified.

[Denver Ditdat]

Just as some German major drew up plans for a war with the US in 1904 or so...

"1901" by Robert Conroy is based upon the German war plan for the US at the turn of the 20th century, except in the novel the plan is actually carried out. It's an interesting premise and a good read. I enjoyed seeing many familiar figures out of their normal historic context - a young Chester Nimitz, James Longstreet returning from retirement to lead the Army, and Theodore Roosevelt as a wartime president to name a few.

The book has been out of print for several years but it's well worth hunting down a copy if one is interested in the era, subject matter, or speculative fiction in general.

[Matchett-PI]

Thanks for posting that excerpt! I hadn't seen it.

[Arkinsaw]

The whole point of this, I think, is to give Democrats in Congress a public relations club to start calling for Congressional investigations and start browbeating Republicans down the path to subpoenas.

This is what the Rockefeller memo was all about. They plan on running on "Bush is a creepy, sneaky, liar" based on made-up stuff like this. It doesn't matter if their "evidence" is transparent because the public will just hear it on the news each night and distrust this administration.

[sauropod]

Is O'Neill now connected with MoveOn.org?

[cibco]

"Somewhere in some folder in the Pentagon there's probably a "plan" for invading and taking over Monaco, Brazil, Luxembourg, New Zealand, etc."

DPTO - Dept. of Planning, Training and Operations. In between and during wars... there are always plans. When the need arises, they go to the files, blow off the dust and revise to current needs and conditions.

[PhilDragoo]

Former Secretary of Treasury fails to
close the deal with West L.A. transvestite.

[expatpat]

Who the he11 recommended him for a Cabinet position? They should keep that guy well away from Federal Judiciary nominations.

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

O'Neil IS confused. WAS confused. That is why he is Ex-Secy of the Treasury. I rest my case. And kill his case.

[willieroe]

I have never trusted Bush even though I voted for him.Ive always suspected he wasnt very bright

Brighter than you are, troll. Welcome to FR, by the way.

[willieroe]

I have never trusted Bush even though I voted for him.Ive always suspected he wasnt very bright

Brighter than you are, troll. Welcome to FR, by the way.