INTERVIEW OF TIME MAGAZINE'S MICHAEL WARE BY CNN'S NEWSNIGHT ANCHOR AARON BROWN

CNN Transcripts ^ | 7/6/04

[TexKat]

BROWN: We often say on the program that every story can be framed in many ways, depending on the lens it is seen through. It's the job of reporters to look through many lenses as they can to tell each story to capture the most complete picture.

[TexKat]

[OpusatFR]

"KERRY: When I came back from Vietnam in 1969, ladies and gentlemen, I'm not sure if John Edwards was out of diapers then yet or not. I'm truly not sure. I don't know.

CROWLEY: But that's so January. This is July."

That may have worked pre-Internet, but on the WEB nothing ever dies.

Your words for good or ill remain immortal until electricity ends or the world implodes.

hehehehe....

[Steve_Seattle]

I saw that interview, and Ware inadvertently let the cat out of the bag when he expressed his fear that the terrorists might decide to cut off his head "when I'm no longer useful to them." I don't think either he or Brown realized the implications of what he was saying, i.e., that the terrorists are only giving him access because they think it is THEIR interests to do so. In other words, he is either collaborating with the terrorists or is their dupe.

[Lance Romance]

I saw that last night. I have had several emails tete a tete's with Aaron Brown and his agitprop journalism. He is the #1 promoter of "failed Iraq Policy" on CNN.

I don't know who Michael Ware is, but he was basically saying he hangs with the insurgents. He should be taken to Abu Ghurab and given the insurgent treatment.

[Steve_Seattle]

After checking the transcript, what Ware actually said was that he feared that the terrorists might decide "he's [Ware is] more valuable to us" as a hostage than as a reporter. Mypoint remains the same.

[BushisTheMan]

He's got an accent. Australian? Perhaps the Australian team that saw them capture the hostage and only filmed it?

I'm sorry but providing terrorist propaganda is the same as writing it to me.

[TexKat]

An Iraqi family watch from their balcony as U.S. troops take a street near Martyrs' Square in Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday July 7, 2004. At least four people were killed and 20 others injured in running gun battles between U.S.-back Iraqi National Guards and masked insurgents. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

U.S. soldiers arrest Iraqi men for questioning near Martyrs' Square in Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday July 7, 2004. At least four people were killed and 20 others injured in running gun battles between U.S.-backed Iraqi National Guards and masked insurgents. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

U.S. soldiers take the street near Martyrs' Square in Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday July 7, 2004. At least four people were killed and 20 others injured in running gun battles between U.S.-backed Iraqi National Guards and masked insurgents. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Iraqi police work to successfully diffuse a car bomb that was discovered near the Al-Iman Mosque, a Shiite mosque in the Karada neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday, July 7, 2004.(AP Photo/Samir Mizban)

American soldiers run with protective gear while taking up positions near where Iraqi security forces and insurgents fought a pitched battle in central Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday, July 7, 2004.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

A wounded Iraqi National Guardsman is driven to a nearby hospital after he was seriously injured during a gunfight in central Baghdad July 7, 2004. Insurgents battled U.S. troops and Iraqi security forces in central Baghdad on Wednesday as the interim government announced a new security law giving itself wider powers to combat militants and stabilize the country. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Two US soldiers take position during clashes between US and Iraqi forces against insurgents in central Baghdad. Mortars targeted the offices of Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, wounding five people, while two Iraqi national guards died and 21 people were wounded in gunbattle elsewhere in the capital as the government unveiled emergency measures to crush the rebellion.(AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)

Iraq's interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi arrives to deliver a statement in which he condemned a rocket attack which injured one person near his house in Baghdad July 7, 2004. Insurgents battled U.S. troops and Iraqi security forces in central Baghdad on Wednesday as Allawi's interim government announced a new security law giving itself wider powers to combat militants and stabilize the country. REUTERS/Akram Saleh

An Iraqi policeman holds back a greiving Iraqi man trying to run inside a hospital searching for his dead brother near Martyrs' Square in Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday July 7, 2004. At least four people were killed and 20 others injured in running gun battles between U.S.-back Iraqi National guard and masked insurgents. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

U.S. soldiers kick down a door as they carry out house to house searches near Martyrs' Square in Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday July 7, 2004. At least four people were killed and 20 others injured in running gun battles between U.S.-backed Iraqi National guard and masked insurgents. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

A U.S. Army soldier asks an Iraqi girl to move away from an area during clashes between U.S forces and insurgents in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad July 7, 2004. Insurgents battled U.S. troops and Iraqi security forces in central Baghdad on Wednesday as the interim government signed into effect a new security law giving itself wider powers to combat militants. REUTERS/Akram Saleh

U.S. Army soldiers secure an area during clashes between U.S forces and insurgents in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad July 7, 2004. Insurgents battled U.S. troops and Iraqi security forces in central Baghdad on Wednesday as the interim government signed into effect a new security law giving itself wider powers to combat militants. REUTERS/Akram Saleh

U.S. Army soldiers secure an area during clashes between U.S. forces and insurgents in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad July 7, 2004. Insurgents battled U.S. troops and Iraqi security forces in central Baghdad as the interim government signed into effect a new security law giving itself wider powers to combat militants. Photo by Akram Saleh/Reuters

A neighbor of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi checks damage in his house following a blast in Baghdad.(AFP/Karim Sahib)

US soldiers take position during clashes between US and Iraqi forces against insurgents in central Baghdad.(AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)

A hospital worker covers the body of an Iraqi national guardsman following heavy fighting between Iraqi security forces and insurgents in central Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday, July 7, 2004.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

A U.S. Army soldier guides a detainee to a waiting vehicle after U.S. and Iraqi security forces fought with gunmen in Baghdad July 7, 2004. Insurgents battled U.S. troops and Iraqi security forces in central Baghdad on Wednesday as the interim government announced a new security law giving itself wider powers to combat militants and stabilize the country. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

An Iraqi National Guardsman is comforted by soldiers after a colleague was killed in a gunfight with insurgents in Baghdad, July 7, 2004. Insurgents battled U.S. troops and Iraqi security forces in central Baghdad on Wednesday as the interim government announced a new security law giving itself wider powers to combat militants and stabilize the country. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Family members grieve after an Iraqi National Guard officer died during a heavy gunbattle with insurgents in central Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday, July 7, 2004.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

[TexKat]

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[MEG33]

God bless our armed forces and the Iraqis trying to bring peace and justice to their country...Freedom isn't free.

[Guillermo]

Although he did say something else very telling.

He said the vast majority of reporters in Iraq never leave their hotels or secure compounds.

[NYCVirago]

BROWN: We often say on the program that every story can be framed in many ways, depending on the lens it is seen through. It's the job of reporters to look through many lenses as they can to tell each story to capture the most complete picture.

Aaron Brown actually said that? Then why do all the lenses the liberal media looks through only have lenses in the left eye?

[Grampa Dave]

"He said the vast majority of reporters in Iraq never leave their hotels or secure compounds."

They are probably waiting for emails from their editors/publishers back in America to post as their stories from the front lines.

Good Catch!

[Guillermo]

Yeah, one has to wonder why they're even there.

I suspect it's so they can put "Baghdad" or "Inside the Sunni Triangle" in their by-line.

[TexKat]

Reporter gets inside look at insurgency

Attack videos put journalist at personal, professional risk From Brent Sadler

CNN

Wednesday, July 7, 2004 Posted: 12:52 PM EDT (1652 GMT)

TIME reporter Michael Ware has become a go-between for militants in Iraq and the media.

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Islamic insurgent groups in Iraq are taking an unexpected step to give an inside view of their terror attacks on Westerners by sharing video not only of the assaults, but also of the planning behind them.

"This video is straight from the mujahedeen," journalist Michael Ware said as he viewed the tape at a hotel in Baghdad. "This is the Blackwater killings. They talk about planning it. I can't believe this."

[Libertarian444]

"He said the vast majority of reporters in Iraq never leave their hotels or secure compounds."

Same thing Wolfowitz said. Except when Wolfowitz said it, the press went ballistic.

[Grampa Dave]

Your great catch has confirmed my thoughts about many of their so call stories from Iraq.

All along I have felt those so called stories had the same reliability of a Jason story at the NY Slimes.

They get sent to Baghdad, and they stay in their hotels and wait for the emails from their editors. Then, they add their names and send their new stories from Baghdad about how we are losing the war.

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for posting this comment from Mr W.. I missed it.

"Same thing Wolfowitz said. Except when Wolfowitz said it, the press went ballistic."

[TexKat]

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[windchime]

Thanks for the ping, TexKat!

I didn't see this interview, although I've seen Ware interviewed a couple of times. The terrorists' 'successes' are touted, but the video shows none of the peripheral damage they do to the general population in Iraq.

IMO, Ware is a prime candidate for a tracking device and whatever consequences befall him when it's discovered and/or when our troops target the area.

[Ditto]

Ware is a prime candidate for a tracking device and whatever consequences befall him when it's discovered and/or when our troops target the area.

Ditto that. I'd have our spooks traking all of these "newsies" as the best way of nailing the bad guys. If the newsies get hurt, tough s**t. They shouldn't hang out with the bad guys.