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How the bin Laden Announcement Leaked Out
NY Times ^
| 5-1-11
| Brian Stelter
Posted on 05/02/2011 12:08:34 AM PDT by STARWISE
The terse announcement came just after 9:45 p.m. Sunday from Dan Pfeiffer, the White House communications director.
POTUS to address the nation tonight at 10:30 PM Eastern Time, he wrote on Twitter, sharing the same message that had just been transmitted to the White House press corps.
According to Brian Williams, the NBC Nightly News anchor, some journalists received a three-word e-mail that simply read, Get to work.
*snip*
That speculation was not aired out on television immediately, but it did erupt on Twitter and other social networking sites.
Wishful thinking about bin Ladens death ricocheted across the Web and then, at 10:25 p.m., while Mr. Obama was writing his speech, one particular tweet seemed to confirm it. Keith Urbahn, the chief of staff for the former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, wrote at that time, So Im told by a reputable person they have killed Osama Bin Laden. Hot damn.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: binladen; obltermination; osama; osamabinladenkilled; osamaleak; prep; press; raid; shiftingstory
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posted on
05/02/2011 12:08:37 AM PDT
by
STARWISE
To: STARWISE
So Rumsfeld ruined Obama’s big surprise...heh.
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U.S. President Barack Obama departs for a round of golf, from the White House in Washington May 1, 2011
The time caption on the pic
U.S. President Barack Obama departs for a round of golf, from the White House
Reuters via Yahoo! News - May 01 07:27am

President Barack Obama walks to the Oval Office at the White House in Washington Sunday, May 1, 2011, after returning from playing golf.
The time caption on the pic:
Barack Obama AP via Yahoo! News - May 01 11:18am
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posted on
05/02/2011 12:17:52 AM PDT
by
STARWISE
(The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
To: STARWISE
Was a huge thread this morning about NORTHCOM raising DEFCON locally.
Lot of speculation vis-a-vis Qadaffi’s son recently getting iced and the fear of revenge attacks. I didn’t read that thread too closely but someone might have speculated about Osama.
Thanks to that heads up (which is why FR is the best) when the buzz started this evening I was 100% sure we (or Nato) had bagged Qadaffi himself but I was pleasantly surprised that we got a much worse SOB.
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posted on
05/02/2011 12:18:08 AM PDT
by
Eyes Unclouded
("The word bipartisan means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out." -George Carlin)
To: Eyes Unclouded
Yes .. I remembered that and posted it on another thread. Had no clue what was behind it then .. now we know. And we we should TRUST FREEPERS IN THE MILITARY!
“Interesting, that earlier today, one of our FReepers noted an increase in military base security. So word of this was in the scuttlebutt this morning.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2713377/posts?page=105#105
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posted on
05/02/2011 1:11:16 AM PDT
by
STARWISE
(The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
To: mockingbyrd
Rumsfeld pre-empts Obama’s pre-empt of Trump...
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posted on
05/02/2011 1:11:22 AM PDT
by
D-fendr
(Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
To: STARWISE
It didn't leak. Obama Bin Lyin'
Obama has got to distract, distract, distract, if that means the man-child at 1600 Pennsylvania continues to LIE, so be it.
Bin Laden was killed in during a bombing raid, while he hid inside a cave located in Pashtun in 2003.
According to the Obama and his gooberment and the MSM led by CNN in this story, we're supposed to believe that Osama bin Laden was killed early Sunday and then buried at sea. It's beyond laughable. Obama made certain to include in his speech to the nation, that Osama bin Laden was not a moslem leader. I fastened up my hip-waders at that point.
A caution should be issued : This is a distraction. WATCH CAREFULLY for an end run. WATCH CAREFULLY for Obama and the democRATs to do something else at the same time.
The timing of this announcement is designed to flood the news cycle at the beginning of the week and it means something VERY VERY BIG is coming down the tube at us.
Heads up, everyone ! Watch the other hand !
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posted on
05/02/2011 1:16:52 AM PDT
by
pyx
(Rule#1.The LEFT lies.Rule#2.See Rule#1. IF THE LEFT CONTROLS THE LANGUAGE, IT CONTROLS THE ARGUMENT.)
To: pyx
Don’t be an idiot. Rumsfeld’s cheif of staff isn’t in on some grand 0bama plan.
Look, here’s the deal...just because you can say anything that pops into your head on the internet doesn’t make grand conspiracies true.
Chill out.
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posted on
05/02/2011 1:45:53 AM PDT
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Southack
D0od ! I is be chillin'. Youse be welcome to believe anything Obama and his homies in the MSM tells you.
BTW, according to several news blogs, the wheels are fallin' off this story already.
Calling Obama a bald-faced lier is hardly a conspiracy.
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posted on
05/02/2011 2:01:00 AM PDT
by
pyx
(Rule#1.The LEFT lies.Rule#2.See Rule#1. IF THE LEFT CONTROLS THE LANGUAGE, IT CONTROLS THE ARGUMENT.)
To: STARWISE
The only certain way to tell if Barack (Manchild-In-Infidel-Land) Obama is lying is to watch for his lips to move.
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posted on
05/02/2011 2:30:02 AM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense. -- John Steinbeck)
To: Southack
Personally I’m taking a wait and see attitude about this whole thing as I don’t trust Obama, the Democrats in charge of our MSM communications, our country, everything we hear, and read that they can.
I don’t believe anything these guys say period. The body was allegedly buried at sea as quickly as possible in “respect” for Islamic law. The same Islamic law that leads Muslims to act insane, and perpetrate heinous crimes against humanity without remorse.
I’ll wait and see what happens down the road before I believe any of this.
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posted on
05/02/2011 4:04:51 AM PDT
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
To: D-fendr
I wonder if this is the real reason the Royal Couple didn’t go on their honeymoon. The excuse that William needed to work this week sounded kind of bogus. Originally it was said that they weren’t traveling because of security concerns. Maybe the US gave the UK advance notice of the raid.
To: STARWISE
0bama went golfing?
That indicates he was left out of all the preliminary work, maybe even the final decision
To: rockinqsranch
If Osama was not a Muslim leader, then why was the body was allegedly buried at sea as quickly as possible in respect for Islamic law?
To: STARWISE
Photo of Obama returning from his Church.
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posted on
05/02/2011 5:55:46 AM PDT
by
Melchior
To: STARWISE
According to Brian Williams, the NBC Nightly News anchor, some journalists received a three-word e-mail that simply read, Get to work. Translation: "It's time to shine! Get your cheerleader uniforms on and warm up those glutes! Dance like you've never danced before!"
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posted on
05/02/2011 6:01:02 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
To: Melchior
yeah.. “Our Lady of the Fairways” or “Saint Putter and Wedge”..
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posted on
05/02/2011 6:01:48 AM PDT
by
newnhdad
(The longest of journeys begins with one step.)
To: STARWISE
...while Mr. Obama was writing his speech...Yeah, right.
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posted on
05/02/2011 6:03:16 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
('People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
To: No Socialist
I wonder if this is the real reason the Royal Couple didnt go on their honeymoon. The excuse that William needed to work this week sounded kind of bogus. Originally it was said that they werent traveling because of security concerns. Maybe the US gave the UK advance notice of the raid.
I think they were given a heads up as well. The timing is just too perfect for them to all of the sudden reverse their wedding plans. I also wonder if Petraeus is being rewarded with the CIA job over everything that led up to the raid...
To: Yet_Again
If Osama was not a Muslim leader, then why was the body was allegedly buried at sea as quickly as possible in respect for Islamic law?
Because without any body, the nuts can make a shrine around him. It's really got to be pissing them off that the US went in, killed him, brought his body out, then dumped him at sea where he'll never be found.
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