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Key To Downing Street Fakes? (Can I Be Famous Like Buckhead?)
20 JUNE 05
| Doctor Raoul
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!"
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: britishmemo; downingstreetmemo; hoax; wannabe
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To: Doctor Raoul
what i find funny is that lack of interest in the fact that this might(IS) just be another fake. it would seem Conservatives just expect fraud and fakes now. should we at this time bring up all those senators who had the downing street memo impeach bush meeting on treason charges? one would think you would vet such things before calling for the head of a country. probably not, same old dumb nice guys.
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posted on
06/20/2005 7:32:26 PM PDT
by
postaldave
(NOTICE: IF MY POST UPSET YOU, WHAT I SAID WAS SARCASM)
To: expatpat
The seal may be the seal/letterhead of an organization he works for -- they are big on that kind of thing over there.NOPE. That's the Downing Street seal:
Example:
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posted on
06/20/2005 7:32:56 PM PDT
by
adaven
To: Doctor Raoul
It says "Secret" above the seal but I can't make out what appears to be three letters on the seal itself.
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posted on
06/20/2005 7:33:16 PM PDT
by
TheForceOfOne
(My tagline is currently being blocked by Congressional filibuster for being to harsh.)
To: Doctor Raoul
Got a real memo from
HEREMaybe the secret memos are different.
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To: NewMediaFan
Yes we must get Dan Blather and his crack team at 60 Minutes to investigate this. THey're busy. They've got Lucy Ramirez cornered. As soon as the Viagra takes effect, Mike Wallace is going to break down the door.
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posted on
06/20/2005 7:34:42 PM PDT
by
Doctor Raoul
(Support Our Troops, Spit On A Liberal Reporter)
To: Motherbear
To: Doctor Raoul
Actually now that I think about it I am sure Michael Smith was provided with blank letterhead from Downing Street as opposed to actual documents -- much easier that way to type up anything he needs.
One size fits all type of deal.
To: Mo1; Doctor Raoul
To: Doctor Raoul
Yeah, and plain paper doesn't usually have diffuse shadows of eyeglass frames on it. And rarely is part of the page crisp and the other rest blurry. No one uses courier any more. Etc. If the seal was the only thing you noticed, you have a particularly narrow form of tunnel vision.
It's a graphic. It's an illustration. The fact that it's labeled a "photo" indicates that something is dicey wth the way Reuters labels its images or the way Yahoo reads the labels. If you want to read some kind of conspiracy into that, knock yourself out.
To: CyberAnt
On July 23, Michael Smith, a freelance journalist in Texas who was working on the story along with Mapes, sent her an email that began: "I am close to something that the Bushies are worried about..." Mapes responded: "I desperately want to talk to you....Do NOT underestimate how much I want this story."
Mapes and freelance journalist Michael Smith (who worked on the piece with Mapes) had different recollections of how Burkett came into custody of the documents. Smith told the panel that Burkett received them anonymously in the mail, while Mapes said Burkett identified a warrant officer named George Conn (which Burkett would later admit was a lie).
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posted on
06/20/2005 7:36:18 PM PDT
by
kcvl
To: Doctor Raoul; All
OFFF COURSE Dr Raoul go for it
Smack around BBC LOL!
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posted on
06/20/2005 7:36:49 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(Not everybody in, it for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: Doctor Raoul
I hereby nominate Doctor Raoul to be an Honorary Buckhead entitling him to all the perqs and privileges and television interviews that come with it and all that jazz.
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posted on
06/20/2005 7:37:04 PM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(A lack of preparation on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.)
To: RGSpincich
Notice that is signed by "John Holmes". And they say he was dead.
No big deal, he's still #2.
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posted on
06/20/2005 7:37:54 PM PDT
by
Doctor Raoul
(Support Our Troops, Spit On A Liberal Reporter)
To: ReignOfError
"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"
Go to the link - this is what is written next to the picture.
To: Doctor Raoul
You know, the available image (as poor as it is) looks photocopied. The "seal" lacks optical definition; it has no detail at all, even under magnification.
Is this supposed to be the original "retyped" document?
To: Texas Eagle
I hereby nominate Doctor Raoul to be an Honorary Buckhead entitling him to all the perqs and privileges and television interviews that come with it and all that jazz. I'll settle for being half as good looking as Buckhead...
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posted on
06/20/2005 7:40:23 PM PDT
by
Doctor Raoul
(Support Our Troops, Spit On A Liberal Reporter)
To: RGSpincich
That seal looks slightly different to me at the bottom but it is hard to tell.
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posted on
06/20/2005 7:40:54 PM PDT
by
TheForceOfOne
(My tagline is currently being blocked by Congressional filibuster for being to harsh.)
To: ReignOfError
"Every party needs a Pooper, that's why we invited you!...Party Pooper...Party Pooper..."
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posted on
06/20/2005 7:42:02 PM PDT
by
Doctor Raoul
(Support Our Troops, Spit On A Liberal Reporter)
To: Doctor Raoul
I'll settle for being half as good looking as Buckhead...Come on. I'm not God.
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posted on
06/20/2005 7:42:22 PM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(A lack of preparation on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.)
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