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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Unreal, can't find the thing... mabye not aired in my area?
Finally ... 11:35pm, wow thats late for this kind of stuff.
Meanwhile I'm sure chrissy spent an hour from 7pm to 8pm on his 3rd day of Chaney conspiracy theories.
Oh well, looking forward to it (usually just watching Futurama on [as] or Iron Chef on FOOD anyway)
The spelling error seemed apt, however, in retrospect, in that MSM is "singing" and making a "big production" about it. Only the MSM 'messiah', must be the 'ol bent one, so the note-worthiness of the song, is slightly out of key.
We know who's "tune" they're really playin', though, since the song always remains the same...
Ross is pretty good, and in the evening news report it did say it was not a smoking gun and may have just been bluster, but did indicate it was pretty strong evidence for the idea that perhaps some of the WMD was transferred.
Contrast this with the CNN report on it (by Axelrod....a guy I normally like.....which pooh-poohed the tapes completely and bizzarely tried to say Saddam was trying to boost the idea they had WMDs to make the Americans look dumb when we invaded. A rather dumb idea.
I mean the CBS report, not the CNN. I did not see the CNN one.
No, they said it was legit....actually a fairly balanced piece on the evening news, though CBS completely bashed it and made it sound like it was nothing.
bump for publicity...
and a TV Headsup for tonight's ABC "NightLine" which will cover the "Saddam Tapes"
LIVE THREAD PING!!!!!
Thanks for the ping.
I just turned on my ABC station...and was wondering about a LIVE thread...
Why am I afraid that this, too, will turn into a bash Bush fest...I am not sure that ABC and especially with Brian Ross (?) doing the story..
It ain't on yet...but will be in minutes!
bump for publicity...
and a TV Headsup for tonight's ABC "NightLine" which will cover the "Saddam Tapes"
ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH.............Cheney!
Saddam takes a backseat to Cheney. Of course.
Thanks for the ping. I didn't hear them mention they would be covering this on the lead in?
OH........NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...I am SO tired of this story.
All I want to know, from now on...is how Harry is...and if Cheney is alright.
ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH.............
ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH.............
ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH.............Terry Moran!
But I can withstand that twerp. He got his clock cleaned in an
interview by Hugh Hewitt.
Present! I'm hoping one day on a tape or a written document we find payments to Scott Ritter.
are you effing kidding me? Did it get bumped for the 4th day of this BS, or just taking a back seat.
Both disgust me...
Danke, Howlin.
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