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Live Thread: John Conyers' Downing Street Memo Circus, C-SPAN 3, 2:30 p.m. EDT 6/16/05
C-SPAN ^ | Thursday, June 16, 2005

Posted on 06/16/2005 11:28:48 AM PDT by kristinn

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Downing Street Minutes and Pre-War Intelligence
U.S. House of Representatives, Conyers, J. (D-MI)
Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
ID: 187209 - 06/16/2005 - 2:00 - ns

Conyers, John Jr., U.S. Representative, D-MI
Bonifaz, John C., Founder, National Voting Rights Institute
Wilson, Joseph, Deputy Chief of Mission (1988-91), Iraq
McGovern, Ray, Member, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
Sheehan, Cindy, Mother

Rep. John Conyers, Jr., and other Democrats hold a public meeting concerning the "Downing Street Memo" and pre-war intelligence on Iraq.
On May 1, 2005 a Sunday London Times article disclosed the details of a classified memo, also known as the "Downing Street Minutes", recounting the minutes of a July 2002 meeting of Prime Minister Tony Blair with his advisers that depicted an American president already committed to going to war in the summer of 2002, despite contrary assertions to the public and the Congress. The minutes also described apparent efforts by Bush administration officials to manipulate intelligence data in order to justify the war to the international community.

The hearing is scheduled to be rerun on C-SPAN 2 at 8 p.m. EDT.

Follow this link to get a livestream of C-SPAN 3.


TOPICS: Announcements; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 109th; britishmemo; conyers; downingstreetmemo; livethread
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To: Howlin

I think Impeachment Guy fails to mention George "Slam Dunk" Tenet and the Senate Intelligence Report.

I guess Rove is to busy setting up his post-2008 gig than burning this meme now. It would be so easy, just point out Congress is ignoring its own previous investigation.


181 posted on 06/16/2005 12:28:58 PM PDT by Shermy
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To: Howlin
"But no one died as a result of the Monica Lewinsky
affair..."

No, but around 800,000 Rwandans died because of the quality of "intelligence analysis" during the Clinton administration. What was the name of that analyst who assured Clinton there was no genocide? "Richard" somebody? "Clark" was it? The very same expert whose lone voice analysis Bush "should have" listened to regarding Iraqi WMDs?
182 posted on 06/16/2005 12:29:10 PM PDT by wolf2005
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To: God luvs America

That is great!! Just curious how the people on the other end of calls reacted?


183 posted on 06/16/2005 12:29:11 PM PDT by retrokitten (www.takebackthememorial.org)
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To: Sybeck1

184 posted on 06/16/2005 12:29:13 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: finnman69

Thank you! I was just going to look for THAT, as the last piece of our reply to that liar!


185 posted on 06/16/2005 12:29:19 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: wolf2005

I believe there were some deaths from cruise missles, too!


186 posted on 06/16/2005 12:30:15 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: Bahbah
"I took it to mean "lining up" or "arranging" or "organizing." It does not mean making things up."

In context, it means "settled" or "established." Only a complete idiot (any leftist) could read the memo and think that they agreed to fake intelligence about WMDs, then went on to discuss what to do if they were used.
187 posted on 06/16/2005 12:32:07 PM PDT by wolf2005
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To: Chode

Is that Maxine Waters??

BTW, Maxine Waters is Aristide's biggest fan, and was furious when the USA "helped" him out of Haiti!!!

BUT, she accuses Bush of all kinds of stuff---

Now, this idiot up is saying that NEVER ONCE, did a VP ever visit CIA headquarters...that doesn't sound right!


188 posted on 06/16/2005 12:32:10 PM PDT by Txsleuth (Mark Levin for Supreme Court Justice)
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To: retrokitten

the first one said nothing but the second one was saying "but Mr ...., but Mr...." while I was ranting.


189 posted on 06/16/2005 12:32:16 PM PDT by God luvs America (When the silent majority speaks the earth trembles!)
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To: Howlin

"They live in a dream world."

Well, it's getting some play, though the MSM is not playing this one up much.

All the anti-war meme and selected "facts" being regurgitated. The effect requires purposeful ignorance of any Clinton administration information, innuendo, ignoring the Congressional intel report.

Of course, Joe Wilson has to ignore that report!


190 posted on 06/16/2005 12:32:23 PM PDT by Shermy
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To: Howlin

Was this for me?..HUH..BTW..what's with Rep Walter Jones? why is he moving to the dark side..time for a primary?


191 posted on 06/16/2005 12:33:36 PM PDT by ken5050
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To: All

Did he just say he wasn't there when the VP went to headquarters?


192 posted on 06/16/2005 12:33:36 PM PDT by tiredoflaundry (I hate Hurricane Season!)
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To: Howlin

This guy McGovern is a piece of work. McGovern must have been on the bottom run of the need to know ladder when he was at the CIA. A Vice President visiting the CIA was unprecedented?

I bet we can destroy that lie.


193 posted on 06/16/2005 12:33:41 PM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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To: Shermy
Well, it's getting some play, though the MSM is not playing this one up much.

DUmmies are upset it's not being covered on any stations except CSPAN - Only some liberal website are streaming it.

194 posted on 06/16/2005 12:33:44 PM PDT by areafiftyone (Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)
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To: Shermy

Richard Beske, San Diego
Kathleen McGrath Christison, Santa Fe
William Christison, Santa Fe
Raymond McGovern, Arlington, Va.

Steering Group
Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity


195 posted on 06/16/2005 12:34:17 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: finnman69

I'm looking.


196 posted on 06/16/2005 12:34:38 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: Howlin

Gosh, McGovern muddled over Tenet's "slam dunk."


197 posted on 06/16/2005 12:34:43 PM PDT by Shermy
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To: Howlin
Oh, Maxine says this may be the biggest scandal in the country's history!

LOL. Thanks, I would not want to have missed that.

198 posted on 06/16/2005 12:34:56 PM PDT by Bahbah (Something wicked this way comes)
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To: areafiftyone
DUmmies are upset it's not being covered on any stations except CSPAN - Only some liberal website are streaming it.

I know lol....Fox Cnn have that car chase!!ROFLMAO

199 posted on 06/16/2005 12:35:21 PM PDT by tiredoflaundry (I hate Hurricane Season!)
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To: areafiftyone

McGovern says its about "oil". Gee, we were already buying Iraq's oil. Elsewhere he's said the war was for Ariel Sharon.


200 posted on 06/16/2005 12:36:16 PM PDT by Shermy
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