Posted on 02/15/2006 6:27:47 AM PST by jmc1969
Secret audiotapes of Saddam Hussein discussing ways to attack America with weapons of mass destruction will be the subject of an ABC "Nightline" program Wednesday night, a former federal prosecutor told Cybercast News Service.
The tapes are being called the "smoking gun" of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq. The New York Sun reported that the tapes have been authenticated and currently are being reviewed by the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
The panel's chairman, Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.), declined to give the Sun details of the content or context of the recordings, saying only that they were provided to his committee by former federal prosecutor John Loftus.
Loftus has been tight-lipped about the tapes, telling the Sun only that he received them from a "former American military intelligence analyst."
On Tuesday night, Loftus told Cybercast News Service that ABC's "Nightline" would air an "extensive report" on the tapes Wednesday night. Loftus also described an ABC News "teaser," which reportedly contains audio of Saddam Hussein discussing ways to attack America with WMD. "Nightline will have a lot more," said Loftus.
This year's Intelligence Summit will bring together top terrorism experts including Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld, author of "Funding Evil," 9/11 investigator Jean-Charles Brisard, author of "Zarqawi: the New Face of Al-Qaeda;" former CIA agent Michael Scheurer, author of "Imperial Hubris," and Richard Marcinko, former head of SEAL Team Six, and author of "Rogue Warrior."
The Intelligence Summit will be featured not only in the Wednesday Nightline report but also on ABC World News Tonight.
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Did Tierney make the decision to release "secret" tapes?? Did I hear that right?
-PJ
ABC sure isn't going to confirm anything!
"There is enough in these tapes for BOTH sides to make their arguements" --- WHA??
What a fool... nice way to finish after a whole segment of the EXACT opposite.
I think it was a fair report. I'm shocked.
Saddam looking for calm an measured approach...
Enough ammunition for both sides ABC says... now thats fair and balanced!
What do I know that I didn't know before?
A total waste of time.
I like that! And he is.
Yes.
LOL! Indeed.
I remember clearly...that Tierney guy on Fox...right at the very first of the war...even before we went in...and the weapons inspectors were still in Iraq...
He was POSITIVE that he knew where the stock pile of uranium was...he even acted incredulous that the inspectors hadn't gone right to them..
Now, he shows up with these tapes....but, I have to keep reminding myself that ABC is "cherry picking" what they want from them....so...unless we get transcripts from all tapes...we won't know for sure what is in them
Yep. I'm not mad at all. In fact, I'm calm...lol.
Oh...great...please let everyone know how it goes...I don't trust ABC to tell us the "full" story.
They work very hard at it Jess and based on your reaction they did a heck of a job. Did Tierney have the "AUTHORITY" to release these tapes?
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