Posted on 10/27/2004 12:08:34 PM PDT by kattracks
The CIA is unable to authenticate a videotape in which a man claiming to be an al-Qaida terrorist warns of devastating new attacks on the United States, a senior U.S. intelligence official told NBC News on Wednesday. The existence of the tape was first reported Wednesday afternoon by Internet columnist Matt Drudge, who said it was obtained last weekend in Pakistan by ABC News. Drudge quoted an unidentified “senior ABC News source” as saying the network was “working 24 hours a day trying to authenticate” it.But the senior intelligence official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told NBC News that “we can’t authenticate” the tape, a copy of which ABC gave the CIA on Monday. He would not elaborate, adding, “I think that is where we are going to stand.”
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The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, described analysts’ concern as “low” because it was not clear that the tape was recorded recently and because the man on the tape, who spoke in what appeared to be an American accent, mentioned no details.
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The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, described analysts’ concern as “low” because it was not clear that the tape was recorded recently and because the man on the tape, who spoke in what appeared to be an American accent, mentioned no details.
Why am I not surprised?
Why not? They've been authenticating a dead man for 3 years now.
One source described the voice as "imagine Dan Rather after 5 rum & cokes".
how do they know it wasn't recorded recently? is their a calendar in the room? or is the CIA looking at the date/timestamp on the camcorder and believing it?
What they Hell does can't aunthenticate mean? Can't aunthenticate if the speaker is really or terrorist or what?
WTF are they trying to "authenticate" exactly?
This is the best news. It creates doubt about the tapes and prevents premature fear among the populace -even if there is something to the claims on the tape.
I bet it's Terry McAuliffe or Bob Shrum on the tape. ;)
Have they tried matching the vocal waves with those of...
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KARL ROVE ???
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Who cares about "premature fear" whatever that is? And why is it the government's job to prevent it?
Or Joe Lockhart or Carvile.
Most likely, one of their minions. Now, who leaked it to Drudge?
Now THAT was a CLASSIC response!!! (grinning from ear to ear!)
Pardon the language but...
What the f&*k is wrong with the CIA. This is their JOB! We need to outsource them for the Mossad.
If it was Lockhart you would be able to see his bug eyes through the mask.
"a copy of which ABC gave the CIA"
ABC did not turn over the original ...
Hannity is talking about it right now. WABC.com
The person on the tape is heard to tell Americans to "shove it" and bashes Americans for "never having a real job since they were grown up."
I think they're saying that they can't confirm that it was made recently -- not that it definitely wasn't recorded recently. Most likely, the tape contains no references to recent news. For example, it doesn't seem to mention, for example, the recent elections in Afghanistan or any recent events in Iraq.
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