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.
I still would like to know who would have the nerve to LEAK something like this?!
I would think there are serious penalties for withholding valuable national security information.
If this is true ... ABC deserves to be slammed for it
Time for the FCC to yank the license of ABC. If they think that they are SO IMPORTANT that THEY can decide better than the CIA what is important to the safety of this country's citizens, it's time for them to be OFF THE AIR! I can't believe this is happening and we haven't heard one word from our HOMELAND SECURITY Department. Something is wrong here!! Time for Ridge to go on National TV and clear things up. Either we're being threatened with an attack, or ABC is lying...which is it?
forgot MSNBC as a separate unit.....THEY DESERVE A CHECK MARK AFTER O'DONNELL yelled at John O'Neill.
"I was just visiting crush kerry and they there is an article that abc thinks someone from the bush campaign leaked it to drudge. I'm lost here...I missed my afternoon nap..."
Yeah, well I'm dizzy from reading all of this caca today. I'm gonna go take a nap now and when I get up I hope you have some good news for me. Where is the caca on Kerry by the way?????????????
Drudge better hope he's right on this,can't reach his site,this could be huge.
ABC telegraphs the tapes existence...
sends modified copy to the FBI.
Demands from public increase to see/hear the tape.
FBI gives copy alternate news site.
ABC breaks with "the rest of the story."
There is a working plan here folks .... be ready.
If ABC ''held back'' part of the tape, then wouldn't logic then say that ABC gave CIA a ''copy'' of the tape--as opposed to the original tape (which might have some forensic clues) & shouldn't THAT be a big deal, too?
I think NBC. They have the most to gain from this. CBS is shot, now ABC is on the ropes. NBC is the last MSM standing.
I've read tin foil types
who think Disney's just a branch
of the CIA . . .
The problem is that if their is evidence of an attack, and ABC witheld info that could have helped the CIA, etc... stop it, ABC is more than responsible...
I HATE THE MEDIA!!!!!!!
They are such liars! Just imagine what they have been doing for YEARS that we don't know about!!!
Big time, Mo1. As Cheney would say.
Notice that the Drudge "story" says that federal officials say ABC withheld . . . So I guess the feds know about it.
Aldrich Ames?
The Christian Science Monitor article today said the tape they saw was 75 minutes. Didn't abc say yesterday the tape was 60 minutes?
You know this @#$@# is true because Drudge has a source inside the administration. He not only has a tip on the existance of the tape but a transcript. Howard Kurtz wrote as much this morning for the Washington Post.
They know the did wrong. We know they did. They know we know, and there is only one way we could know.
Anything that happens to us will be on ABC's hands. Imagine, a news organization that won't deliver the news unless its to their liking. If terrorists are demanding that we vote for Kerry and Edwards I want to see that video. ABC should not be witholding this. If the terrorists were demanding that we vote for Bush Tuesday or else, ABC would probably release the video in a heart beat.
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