Posted on 02/10/2005 8:31:36 AM PST by Pikamax
Senator Calls for Release of Comments by CNN News Chief By Marc Morano CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer February 10, 2005
Washington (CNSNews.com) - A member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Wednesday the videotaped comments of a CNN news executive claiming that U.S. troops in Iraq had targeted journalists should be released. The senator also condemned the remarks, saying they could provide fodder for enemies of the United States.
Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) called the comments by Eason Jordan, the head of CNN's news division, "outrageous and wrong," and said he wants to see the videotape of Jordan making the comments.
"I guarantee if any other official or person, a public official, made a statement like that, even if they were retracting it, they would say 'Hey, this is recorded, this is taped.' I think we ought to see what he said," Allen told Cybercast News Service.
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When I read those Barney Frank quotes I had to go back and re-read that part of the article to make sure I had read it correctly and he was really saying that. That was surprising.
I wonder if there is any way for a Senator to compel release of this tape?
However, it has now been revealed that Franks called Jordan's office and ask him for specifics - because Franks wanted to start an investigation. So now, I don't believe Franks was outraged because he supports the media, but because he had an alternative motive.
As usual, Franks was just looking for a reason to put his face on TV bad mouthing the President and our military.
Why am I not surprised.
When Barney Frank is more or less saying it was a bunch of crap you know you've gone off the leftist reservation.
This tape is going to come out. One way or another.
hmmm, Frank and Dodd -- that's two witnesses to the same overt act ....
http://www.lucianne.com/threads2.asp?artnum=198299
**ping for later
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