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Senator Jay Rockefeller Gave Syria Advance Warning Of Iraq War Intentions! (FNS Transcript)
Fox News Sunday (Transcript) ^ | 14 November 2005

Posted on 11/14/2005 11:13:59 AM PST by Stultis

WALLACE: ...in October of 2002 in which you authorized the use of force, you went further than the president ever did. Let's watch:

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

ROCKEFELLER: I do believe that Iraq poses an imminent threat, but I also believe that after September 11th that question is increasingly outdated.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

WALLACE: Now, the president never said that Saddam Hussein was an imminent threat. As you saw, you did say that. If anyone hyped the intelligence, isn't it Jay Rockefeller?

ROCKEFELLER: No. I mean, this question is asked a thousand times and I'll be happy to answer it a thousand times. I took a trip by myself in January of 2002 to Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Syria, and I told each of the heads of state that it was my view that George Bush had already made up his mind to go to war against Iraq, that that was a predetermined set course which had taken shape shortly after 9/11.

Now, the intelligence that they had and the intelligence that we had were probably different. We didn't get the presidential daily briefs. We got only a finished product, a finished product, a consensual view of the intelligence community, which does not allow for agencies — like in the case of the aluminum tubes, the Department of Energy said these aren't thick enough to handle nuclear power.

They left that out and went ahead with, "They have aluminum tubes and they're going to develop nuclear power."

WALLACE: Senator, you're quite right. You didn't get the presidential daily brief or the senior executive intelligence brief. You got the national intelligence estimate.

But the Silberman commission, a presidential commission that looked into this, did get copies of those briefs, and they say that they were, if anything, even more alarmist, even less nuanced, than the intelligence you saw...

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To: Stultis

These people are not stupid, they are anti-American. Their enemy is the US, always has been and always will be, the only difference between 1941 and now is that they are overt rather than covert with their goals. They are now able to be overt with their hatred because the people have been softened, through media, education, drugs, sexuality, etc. just as Marx promised they would be.


101 posted on 11/14/2005 12:35:29 PM PST by Toespi
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To: omega4179
I dont know why people vote for this

Habit.
Delusions of grandeur by association.
Not looking at the record.
All of the above.

102 posted on 11/14/2005 12:36:17 PM PST by GretchenM (Hooked on porn and hating it? Visit http://www.theophostic.com .)
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To: Mount Athos
Wallace really did shred him pretty good.

Even just reading Rockefeller's response, I could hear him stammering and phumphering.

103 posted on 11/14/2005 12:38:20 PM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: holden
It's time to check the recorded communications traffic from Bashar to his military commanders, Baath party leaders and Saddam immediately subsequent to Rocky's 1/8/02 visit.

Among that traffic may be an open and shut case to nail Jay on treason charges.

HF

104 posted on 11/14/2005 12:38:50 PM PST by holden (holden on'a'na truth, de whole truth, 'n nuttin' but de truth)
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To: maica
Ping...

The transcript from yesterday's FNS. Jay Rockefeller's comment referenced in my post on the Sunday talking head thread.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1521186/posts?page=81#81

105 posted on 11/14/2005 12:40:18 PM PST by NautiNurse
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To: cdrw

Your post is a good summary of events. The Democrats' contention that they were manipulated makes them look like idiots.


106 posted on 11/14/2005 12:40:45 PM PST by popdonnelly
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To: popdonnelly

Democrats generally make themselves look like idiots with no effort at all. I think it's genetic.


107 posted on 11/14/2005 12:42:10 PM PST by polymuser (")
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
They do it for the same reason that people went to see Elvis Presley in Las Vegas around 1974. They have an image in their heads of an older better Rockefeller who's been long dead. It's the same reason everybody loves the Kennedys. 16 posted on 11/14/2005 2:23:04 PM EST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity

Personally, I'd have to go with the '74 Elvis. [irony]


108 posted on 11/14/2005 12:44:39 PM PST by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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To: Stultis

I think I read on Free Republic that the RNC is going to run TV ads showing Bill Clinton, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi all on tape stating that Saddam was a threat..... Does anyone know when those ads are going to debut?


109 posted on 11/14/2005 12:45:22 PM PST by moose2004 (You Can Run But You Can't Hide!)
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To: Keith
Congresspersons cannot be impeached.

I know. I know.

My question is IF Treason procedures work like Impeachment procedures do.

Do you know the answer to my question?

110 posted on 11/14/2005 12:45:31 PM PST by Iowa Granny
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To: Stultis
"The Americans are coming, the Americans are coming! Stash the WMD!"
111 posted on 11/14/2005 12:47:25 PM PST by La Enchiladita (Request or send care packages for/to troops at www.opgratitude.com)
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To: Osage Orange; smith288

~guffaw!~

"The lifeguard" couldn't swim his way out of his wedgie!

Smith, what did you edit out? Hmmmm???


112 posted on 11/14/2005 12:48:35 PM PST by Froufrou
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To: Stultis

Here's a question for Rockefeller: if he thought war was inevitable in January, 2002, why is he criticizing the President for going to war? Or doesn't he recognize the contradiction?


113 posted on 11/14/2005 12:51:27 PM PST by popdonnelly
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To: Mount Athos
wow, wallace did an amazing job

He sure did. Nailed Rockefeller's little wealthy treasonous b*tt to the wall.

114 posted on 11/14/2005 12:52:34 PM PST by JustaCowgirl (The poulets have come home to roost in France.)
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To: Stultis
Read the Rockefeller interview in full on the FOX Website.

Rockefeller is dancing around the issue, so much, Chris Wallace really tries to NAIL HIM to the wall.

My point is Liberals cannot be nailed down because they ARE JELLO to begin with.

No ideas, No principles, just pure silly putty, they try and mold themselves for every situation and nuance, LOL!

But Rockefeller must have looked RIDICULAS to smart people.

115 posted on 11/14/2005 12:53:56 PM PST by agincourt1415 (Democrats still lose)
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To: Stultis
"The Americans are coming, the Americans are coming!"

If Rockefeller wasn't such a disgusting, traitorous POS that might actually be funny. I wonder how many good men died because he couldn't keep his mouth shut?

116 posted on 11/14/2005 12:55:36 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts ("If the Marine Corps wanted you to have a wife, they'd have issued you one." - - Chesty Puller)
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To: Stultis

bump


117 posted on 11/14/2005 12:57:22 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: GasBagTeddy

Sen Roberts was like milkToast.....hated it!


118 posted on 11/14/2005 12:58:34 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: Froufrou
Smith, what did you edit out? Hmmmm???

"To arms! To arms! The British may be coming although it may not be a credible threat. Perhaps we should just be vigilant!" (original caption)

119 posted on 11/14/2005 12:59:46 PM PST by smith288 (Peace at all cost makes for tyranny free of charge...)
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bumparooski...


120 posted on 11/14/2005 1:02:19 PM PST by defenderSD (What do Bush, Blair, Aznar, and Berlusconi know about Saddam's regime that Democrats don't know?)
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