Posted on 10/28/2004 1:48:01 PM PDT by handy
Edited on 10/28/2004 2:16:36 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX THU OCT 28, 2004 17:02:35 ET XXXXX
TERROR TAPE WARN OF BUSH, CHENEY CONSEQUENCE; ABC WITHHELD PORTIONS FROM CIA
**Exclusive**
ABCNEWS withheld portions of an alarming new al Qaeda videotape which warns the next terror attack will dwarf 9/11 from the CIA when they submitted the video for analysis, a top federal source tells the DRUDGE REPORT.
The CIA and FBI late Wednesday authenticated the tape, federal sources tell DRUDGE. ABCNEWS has been informed of the government's standing.
"What took place on September 11 was but the opening salvo of the global war on America and that our Lord willing, the magnitude and ferocity of what is coming your way will make you forget all about September 11," the man, whose face is covered by a headdress, warns in the video. "After decades of American tyranny, now it's your turn to die."
ABCNEWS submitted portions of the video threat to the FBI and CIA on Monday for analysis, top government sources tell DRUDGE, after obtaining the tape from a source in Pakistan.
A top goverment source said from Washington that ABC withheld the final 15 minutes of the tape from the CIA -- the portion of the tape where the man warns of retribution for Americans electing Bush and Cheney.
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"You are guilty, guilty, guilty. You're as guilty as Bush and Cheney. You're as guilty as Rumsfeld and Ashcroft and Powell...," the man states.
He goes on to warn of an upcoming horror: "The streets will run with blood," and "America will mourn in silence" because they will be unable to count the number of the dead.
"People of America, that was the verdict now for the sentencing: as participants and partners in the crimes of the regime, you too shall pay the price for the blood that has been spilled."
One ABC source, who demanded anonymity, said Thursday morning, the network was struggling to find a correct journalistic "balance" before airing any story on the video.
"This is not something you just throw out there while people are voting," the ABC source explained.
They rally around Bush. They threaten us, we rally around POTUS. Especially in the short run. ABC knows this and thus will not broadcast until it figures out it will lose its scoop to anothe rnetwork that gets the tape from the FBI.
-T
WE REDACT. YOU COMPLY.
you're right...but they are already voting for Kerry.
Yeah, the Dems who are voting for Kerry anyway...
Add to your question: " if they heard the tape the morning after seeing a 60 Minutes broadcast the night before about missing weapons that the administration had "failed to secure"
Don't think that what is going on this week is a bunch of coincidental activities. The entire MSM is in on this together.
OMG! Their lights will all be on constantly from now until next week. Maybe longer. No one takes a day off from here on out. hehe!
. "The FBI did not see the last 15 mins," the source claims.
ABC stongly denies the charge
This is what Drudge has up now. His spelling, not mine.
Not airing it is one thing. Withholding it from the people in charge of national security is a whole different ballgame. Now, no matter who wins the election, ABC bears liability, since they took it upon to make a national security decision.
I'm stunned.
From Drudge A top goverment source said from Washington that ABC withheld the final 15 minutes of the tape from the feds -- the portion of the tape where the man warns of retribution for Americans electing Bush and Cheney.
"The FBI did not see the last 15 mins," the source claims.
ABC strongly denies the charge.
Probably alot of "benefit of the doubt" keeping this off air until they can confirm it themselves. I can't blame them for wanting to nail this one down before they broadcast it.
We're not Spain and I sense reverse psychology going on here.
I bet NBC gets it for their undermining of NY Times story.
-T
Ok for those who believe this is a democrat trick to help elect kerry please answer one major question for me....
What democratic operative would have enough of a set to pass the tape to abc in warzeristan (Sp?)?
how would they react? they would react with the sure bet, BUSH! nobody can trust Kerry to run a war, PLUS, it's stupid to change command in the middle of one!!
real..? that can mean anything. But if the cia thought this was a 'genuine' al qaida threat from the top leader, as opposed to a tape made by someone who may be affiliated in some way with al qaida but certainly doesn't represent them, then the cia, fbi would have impounded that tape from abc on the spot.
It just doesn't smell right to me. This would be all over the MSM by now, including newspapers since drudge had this out for some time. Nope, the cia, fbi etc. don't seem to be as 'concerned' as they would if this was something they believed came from al qaida authority.
just my take
Everyone on this thread is forgetting something MAJOR. The CIA is currently at war with the administration. The agency is full of Clintonistas, who are doing everything they can to insure a Rat victory. They're pissed about their new director.
Anything and everything that leaks from the CIA right now is suspect as Hell.
This is a rope-a-dope of their doing here. Don't fall for it.
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