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TERROR TAPE WARN OF BUSH, CHENEY CONSEQUENCE; ABC WITHHELD PORTIONS FROM CIA
Drudge ^ | 10-28-04 | Drudge

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.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Extended News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abc; abcnews; alqaqaa; ammogate; bush; cbs; cia; deceit; explosives; halperinmemo; halperinmemoineffect; iraq; kerry; newsmanipulation; nyt; nytrogate; treason; videotape; wot
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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?)?


401 posted on 10/28/2004 2:56:58 PM PDT by RepublicanArmy (God bless our Troops, Our President, & God Bless America!!!)
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To: Williams

"...my God,....they withheld a terror tape from the government, and from the people because of the election. They are jeopardizing American lives, if an attack occurs having any link to this tape...innocent citizens' blood is on their filthy hands."

402 posted on 10/28/2004 2:57:19 PM PDT by yankeedame ("Born with the gift of laughter & a sense that the world was mad.")
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To: timbuck2

I hope you're right...I've been thinking about this one for a while. Americans would rally around W AFTER an attack...but on a warning? These "Security Moms" make me nervous.

Anybody else?


403 posted on 10/28/2004 2:57:23 PM PDT by rightinthemiddle (it means many things)
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To: wvromania

"forgot MSNBC as a separate unit.....THEY DESERVE A CHECK MARK AFTER O'DONNELL yelled at John O'Neill."

Check mark for CNN being a stooge for Saddam in order to remain in Iraq.



405 posted on 10/28/2004 2:58:05 PM PDT by Ramcat (Thank You American Veterans)
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To: GoLightly
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.

Very good. Now for extra credit, examine the relevent provisions of the PATRIOT Act.

406 posted on 10/28/2004 2:58:24 PM PDT by Publius (Digital Minuteman)
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To: kabar
Obviously, there are some people at ABC who don't swallow the party line and see the withholding of such information as harmful to our country. Every large organization has its share of whistleblowers. Drudge is the recipient of this inside information.

Exactly. Another Bernard Goldberg, perhaps.

407 posted on 10/28/2004 2:58:35 PM PDT by cyncooper (And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm)
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To: Nathan Zachary

they're going to air it at 6:30


409 posted on 10/28/2004 2:58:40 PM PDT by Crawdad (I cried because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no class.)
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To: handy
ABC strongly denies the charge.

With a non-denial denial? Oh, this should be good...

410 posted on 10/28/2004 2:58:42 PM PDT by mewzilla
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To: BonneBlue
If ABC edited out the end of that tape they are guilty of withholding evidence from the FBI. It is also possible the tape they received in Pakistan was edited or inadvertently incomplete and the CIA got the tape independently from another source (it apparently has been shopped around to several media outlets). Additionally, it is possible Drudge got it dead wrong, he occasionally does that. I dislike the mainstream press intensely, but I am not ready to convict ABC of withholding evidence based on what I have seen here. When the FBI investigates ABC and finds they maliciously edited the end off that tape, then I will be ready to see them shut down.
411 posted on 10/28/2004 2:58:59 PM PDT by Law is not justice but process
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To: Pukin Dog
pajama-clad warriors.

I LOVE that!!!!

412 posted on 10/28/2004 2:59:00 PM PDT by SheLion (PLEASE vote! We can't afford to be silent!!!! Do we really want FnKerry to run our Country?!)
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To: handy

AQ said they were going to try to influence the U.S. election. IMHO, putting out the message "Vote for Bush and we will kill you" would certainly qualify as attempting to influence the upcoming election.

Hmmmm..., but witholding this information would be an attempt to influence the upcoming election.

I am so confused...


413 posted on 10/28/2004 2:59:26 PM PDT by LayoutGuru2 (Triskaidekaphobia ? Never heard of it !)
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To: Lizarde
it's going to be on at 6:30 - dfrudge - kABC

Is that radio, or what Lizarde? I'm not much for radio.......if it's radio, try to let me know what is being said. Please.

414 posted on 10/28/2004 2:59:57 PM PDT by SheLion (PLEASE vote! We can't afford to be silent!!!! Do we really want FnKerry to run our Country?!)
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To: All

ABC to air terror tonight at 6:30!!!

http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/1260567/posts?page=1


415 posted on 10/28/2004 3:00:14 PM PDT by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed)
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To: Pukin Dog

Without any tinfoil, I wonder if ABC held on to it to LOOK like they were trying not to affect the election, then let the story come out?


417 posted on 10/28/2004 3:00:37 PM PDT by rightinthemiddle (it means many things)
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To: Nathan Zachary

Folks! It is not complicated. A genuine tape was delivered via a courier to press in Pakistan. It was relayed via satellite link to ABC News. Government already had a tape of the transmission because they monitor satellite transmissions and thus know about the missing 15 minutes. Drudge knows because the government is pissed at ABC and want the edit and the contents of the threat in the public on the eve of the election. This will hurt Kerry big time, as Cheney might say. Enjoy it. I tis not some convoluted MSM scheme. Advantage Bush.

-T


418 posted on 10/28/2004 3:00:43 PM PDT by timbuck2 ("The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedients, and by parts." -Edmund Burke)
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To: Lizarde

I dunno, Lizarde. My liver is close to hollerin' "uncle".

Kinda wish I could hang out on a desert isle until time to vote, then zoom back till my kind freeper friends tell me that it is over, and somehow the country has come to it's collective senses.

Dream on, right?


419 posted on 10/28/2004 3:00:50 PM PDT by jacquej
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To: Sleeping Freeper
I'm really starting to wonder where this country is going to be in 20 years. The MSM has been the greatest factor in dividing the political opinions of this nation.

The MSM will be nonexistent in 20 years.

420 posted on 10/28/2004 3:00:55 PM PDT by shutup_you_idiot
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