Posted on 10/28/2004 7:03:38 AM PDT by stopillegalimmigration
Edited on 10/28/2004 8:05:05 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
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XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX THU OCT 28, 2004 10:44:01 ET XXXXX
CIA, FBI AUTHENTICATE NEW QAEDA TERROR TAPE; ABCNEWS EXECUTIVES CONSIDER POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF AIRING
**Exclusive**
The CIA and FBI late Wednesday authenticated a disturbing new al Qaeda videotape which warns the next terror attack will dwarf 9/11.
"The streets will run with blood," and "America will mourn in silence" because they will be unable to count the number of the dead, a man claims on the video.
Further claims on the video: America has brought this on itself for electing George Bush who has made war on Islam by destroying the Taliban and making war on Al Qaeda.
ABCNEWS obtained the tape from a source in Waziristan, Pakistan over the weekend. The network has withheld airing it, initially citing concerns over its authenticity.
One senior federal official alleged ABCNEWS is now holding back from broadcasting any portion of the video out of fear it will be seen as a political move by the network during election week.
One ABC source, who demanded anonymity, said Thursday morning, the network was struggling to find a correct journalistic "balance."
"This is not something you just throw out there while people are voting," the ABC source explained.
A second ABC source told DRUDGE: "We continue to report this story aggressively."
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The terrorist's face is concealed by a headdress, and he speaks in an American accent, making it difficult to identify the individual.
The tape appears to be from al-Qaeda's media liaison organization. It has a banner crediting the Sahab Production Committee. The speaker refers to Bin Ladin and Zawahiri as "our leaders" and praises the 11 September attacks.
Intelligence officials believe:
Videotape message likely produced in late summer '04 due to references to current events such as the 9/11 Commission.
Individual is college educated, either American born or raised in the U.S.
The U.S. is actively seeking to identify the individual. Adam Gadhan - aka Adam Pearlman of Southern California - remains the chief candidate but another still unknown individual may be possible.
US intelligence officials say the danger is that if this individual is an American citizen, he will be immersed in the culture and customs and have the ability to travel in America freely and unnoticed.
Developing...
John Kerry has one note, and it's the same one he used in the 70's about Vietnam -- raise the anti-war banner in any way he can.
"Democrats today will sacrifice the nation for the election. Republicans will sacrifice the election for the Nation."
Excellent comment! I could not agree with you more.
Only ABC has it.--unless the govt. decides to release it.
They have to with Drudge essentially making it sound like they are trying to influence the election. HE gets a lot of hits.
That is one reason why the story even got mentioned yesterday.
I bet some reporters have not talked about it until it is authenticated.
Brian Ross at ABC is a bang-up reporter and will do a good job with this one.
I believe this may a certain degree of collussion by not only UN - DNC/CBS -NYT, but also ABC who knew they could not hold this story in the event an attack did occurr, so in attempt to divert from it conspired with CBS and NYT to run bogus explosives story. This needs to be investigated by congress post elections.
Well, they're afraid this might help the Pres.,doncha know.
If the tape has been authenticated AND the CIA and NSA are in possession, the decision to release the tape is Tom Ridge's and President Bush's. As this is now a threat to the United States of America and its people ABC is out of the picture. The decision to release the tape is solely the discretion of the U.S. Government.
That is a good one too!
No way....maybe 15 percent will run and hide but there voting for sKerry anyway......85% of Americans will be pissed and wanna fight back....it's our nature
There it is. They're scared spitless....
Just damn.
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LOL. Ditto. Got to make it home to cast my vote in New Jersey.
If Fox had it, they will show it, but it appears to me that there is only one tape (FBI & CIA have copies obviously) and only ABC has the tape.
The decision is up to ABC on wheteher to show it. Hopefully public pressure will mount.
Actually the best possible outcome would be ABC initiallly refuses to play the tape so we get an entire weekend of other news media covering the tape, but primarily speculating on its contents and then ABC is more or less forced into releasing it after a big build-up.
Did anyone catch NSA Rice on Fox & Friends this morning? The tease I saw before leaving for the office said she'd be addressing this tape.
"I'm John Kerry and I approved of this message"
We shouldn't make fun...but your post is very funny!
I saw that...let's hope!
ABC hasn't played the tape, have they? That'll teach the terrorists to trust ABC.
Is there early voting in NY?
Just kidding. I pray you are safe, along with everybody else in the US. I don't think that NY alone is the target this time.
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