Posted on 06/20/2005 7:17:40 PM PDT by Doctor Raoul
As has been discussed on Free Republic earlier, Downing Street Memo Originals Destroyed -UGH!, British "reporter" Michael Smith has told Asociated Press that he copied the original on plain paper and then destroyed the originals.
But click here and you see a Reuters Wire Photo Showing a "Seal" on the "copy" offered to the press.
The caption reads, "A copy of the so-called 'Downing Street Memo', produced in July 2002 for Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair on the legality of the invasion of Iraq. Photo by Stephen Hird/Reuters".
Did he really destroy them, type them on plain paper? Don't look like plain paper to me Lucy.....Lucy Rameriz!
Looks like Michael Smith has adopted Dan Rather's mantra, "FORGE ON!"
Why isn't Mr. Smith in jail. It is classified material.
Who wrote the supposed memo?
Also I think the memo is losing credibility. What do the minutes of the meeting say?
And, I'm waiting for the Clinton rape/adultery/is/lied memo.
I thought you already were.
Ah, well. You do know the Famous FReepers secret handshake, dont you?
Good seal!
Especially since doing it on your computer is a lot more discreet. I would think in a newsroom today, a reporter typing on his keyboard wouldn't draw a second glance. But a reporter dragging out the trusty IBM Selectric from the basement closet, blowing off the dust, going around asking if anyone saved any extra typewriter ribbon from 1987, and then typing away is going to cause people to stop and ask, what's he doing? Especially since the Dan Rather scam.
Thanks Fred...
bttt
Ultimately, Burkett decided to turn over the documents to one of the most persistent journalists, CBS producer Mary Mapes, sometime in August. He and his wife met Mapes and CBS reporter Mike Smith at a pizza restaurant a few miles from their ranch. At first he gave them only two of the six documents, which Mapes said she planned to have analyzed for authenticity, according to Burkett. Burkett said he passed the rest of the documents to Smith around Sept. 5, at a drive-in restaurant near Baird.So now we have established that Michael Smith actually worked for CBS.
The first is the smoking gun email from associate producer Michael Smith to Mapes. It details his efforts to find some bribe money for Burkett, for a book deal. OK, payoffs disguised as book advances are a common problem the past few years. But, this is bribery; call it what it is.Remember that Burkett told the tale about how he made photocopies of the documents he obtained after a phone call from the mythical Lucy Ramirez, and then burned the originals. Then there is the "old typewriter" angle. The MO is exactly the same.Stated Intent to Affect Election. But the Smith email to Mapes is worse. In trying to procure bribe money for Burkett, Smith reveals to us his exact state of mind: What if there was a person who might have some information that could possibly change the momentum of an election .? This CBS News Associate Producers intentions are clear: He wants the documents to change the momentum of the election.
Right.
This is great info .. thanks!! I'm sure Rush will talk about it this morning.
He used Dan Rather's typewriter:
ROTFLMAO!!!
You "ARE" the new Buckhead!!
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S !!!
In the USAF, we did not type secret on documents. You used a rubber stamp so you could put the classification bottom, top and sides.
Brits probably do the same thing.
He also is a sports writer for the Boston Globe and is on ESPN all the time.
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