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CNN is Debunking Richard Clarke!!! (Are Pigs Flying?)
4/26/04 | Timeout

Posted on 04/26/2004 3:03:51 PM PDT by Timeout

Wolf Blitzer just did an amazing segment on his Inside Politics program.

He led off with a detailed explanation of Clarke's allegation that the Clinton administration's "shaking the trees" led to the capture of the millenium bomber in Seattle. Wolf explained that Clarke had claimed in his testimony that a similar high-alert level prior to 9/11 might likely have prevented that horror. Wolf further showed how Condi Rice had denied Clarke's charge, saying those border agents were not on high alert.

Then Wolf brought on the actual border patrol agent who stopped the bomber in Seattle. He gave her plenty of time to tell what happened. (Bomber came across on ferry, gave unsatisfactory answers and was sweating profusely prior to agents discovering "powder" in the wheel well of his car. She was awesome!)

Then Wolf lowered the boom: "Were you on high alert due to the millenium?"

She said, "No, we weren't. In fact there WAS NO elevated alert system at that time. We were just doing our jobs."

Nailed! What's amazing is that CNN bothered to run this "old news". What's gotten into them? And it was probably a 15 minute interview...quite long for your average political show. I was stunned.


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KEYWORDS: 911commission; clarke; richardclarke
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Nothing on their website yet. I'll keep checking.
1 posted on 04/26/2004 3:03:52 PM PDT by Timeout
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I hope this means the tide is turning
2 posted on 04/26/2004 3:06:24 PM PDT by cardinal4 (Terrence Maculiffe-Ariolimax columbianus (hint- its a gastropod.....)
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Thanks for the report! I saw the previews for it, but my husband came home and switched the TV back to FOX, so I missed the actual interview.
3 posted on 04/26/2004 3:06:45 PM PDT by EllaMinnow ("Pessimism never won any battle." - Dwight D. Eisenhower)
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"Cats and Dogs Living Together! Mass Hysteria!"
4 posted on 04/26/2004 3:07:08 PM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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What's gotten into them?

Bill and Hillary Clinton have instructed their minions to make sure Kerry does not win this election.

5 posted on 04/26/2004 3:08:04 PM PDT by antaresequity
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Don't know that I would have ever thought I would have written this, but in all fairness....BRAVO BLITZER.
6 posted on 04/26/2004 3:08:21 PM PDT by Lawdoc (This space for rent.)
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Wow... It's getting cold here!

/signed/

Beelzabub
7 posted on 04/26/2004 3:09:50 PM PDT by So Cal Rocket (Fabrizio Quattrocchi: "Adesso vi faccio vedere come muore un italiano")
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He's still a media scumbag.
8 posted on 04/26/2004 3:10:02 PM PDT by kdot
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Something strange is going on. Combine this with ABC covering Kerry's lie about his medals this morning and I'm wondering why the media appears to be turning on Kerry. Does anyone here think he might not even get his party's nomination? Will it be Hillary to the rescue?
9 posted on 04/26/2004 3:10:45 PM PDT by cantfindagoodscreenname (Stop The Flow of Ketchup to China!! Vote for George Bush in 2004!)
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He's still a media scumbag.
10 posted on 04/26/2004 3:10:49 PM PDT by kdot
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CNN CAN'T LET ABC GET ONE UP!
the blood is starting too flow.
bye bye john
11 posted on 04/26/2004 3:11:02 PM PDT by alpha-8-25-02 (saved by GRACE and GRACE alone)
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CHECK MY NEW TAGLINE
12 posted on 04/26/2004 3:11:56 PM PDT by Keith (IT'S ABOUT THE RATINGS)
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This was a direct attack on the Clinton administration's assertion that they were on high alert. It has nothing to do with John Kerry. I don't buy for a second that Clinton instructed a compliant CNN to run it.
13 posted on 04/26/2004 3:12:24 PM PDT by counterpunch (<-CLICK HERE for my CARTOONS)
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What's gotten into them?

They are beginning to get an inkling of who will still be in the Oval Office after Jan 20th.

14 posted on 04/26/2004 3:12:36 PM PDT by leadpenny
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To: Lawdoc
There's a whole lot more that Wolf could do if he wanted to be credible, but hey...taxiing pigs is not a bad start.
15 posted on 04/26/2004 3:12:39 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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Well if they were smart they would do more of these. There is a ton of real news the media has been missing. After all they are news people, right? As Drudge says, they should be going where the stink is.
16 posted on 04/26/2004 3:12:47 PM PDT by plain talk
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First ABC this morning hammered Kerry.

CNN this evening takes the bite out of Clarke's charges.

Maybe pigs do fly.
17 posted on 04/26/2004 3:13:12 PM PDT by Peach
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Hillary to the rescue! You hit the nail on the head. Get ready for bucketloads of dirt to descend on Kerry, all of it spoon-fed by Old Crusty's inhabitant. And the Sink Master's book due out soon, too.
18 posted on 04/26/2004 3:14:31 PM PDT by Kiss Me Hardy
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Well, I might be wrong, but maybe just maybe CNN figured out that a good journalist reports the truth. If so I'll start watching CNN again.
19 posted on 04/26/2004 3:14:50 PM PDT by jpsb (Nominated 1994 "Worst writer on the net")
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They're P.O.'d Kerry's been telling lies and they sense some good ratings out of the stories he's given them on a silver platter.
20 posted on 04/26/2004 3:16:28 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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