BREAKING: Conned big time "CIA Witness" to White House Lying about Intel story found to be FRAUD

101 posted on 07/09/2003 4:56:57 PM PDT by Endeavor

Well, an un-named source today to make good on bogus article from yesterday,

I'm sorry, If I lie to you once and you fall for it, shame on me, If I lie to you twice and you fell for it again, Shame on you.

I need more than an un-named source to make me believe that Wilkinson wasn't just made up

102 posted on 07/09/2003 4:57:59 PM PDT by MJY1288

Hell has just frozen over. We agree. : )

103 posted on 07/09/2003 4:58:06 PM PDT by DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet (670: neighbor of the neighbor of The Beast.)

To: Support Free Republic

Did you hear about the dyslexic fellow who walked into a bra?

104 posted on 07/09/2003 4:58:16 PM PDT by Lancey Howard

105 posted on 07/09/2003 4:58:54 PM PDT by DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet (670: neighbor of the neighbor of The Beast.)

He's banned, by JimRob HIMSELF (reverent bow towards Fresno).

Reason for Ban:

Humor was entirely unintentional.

? 8-o ?

106 posted on 07/09/2003 4:58:57 PM PDT by unspun ("Do everything in love." - No I don't look anything like her but I do like to hear "Unspun w/ AnnaZ")

I'm with you Registered.

I don't buy this. Would we ever have seen a retraction if not for William? Hell no!

And now we are supposed to believe that you printed crap from this guy for 20 years and you found out in 24 hours that he doesn't exist?

If this isn't the best reason I ever heard not to believe news stories citing "unnamed sources", I don't know what is.

Doug Thompson, you owe the people who read that article and who have been reading on your site a lot more than this weak explanation.

107 posted on 07/09/2003 4:59:13 PM PDT by Spidey

108 posted on 07/09/2003 4:59:56 PM PDT by Registered (77% of the mentally ill live in poverty, that leaves 23% doing quite well!)

To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet

109 posted on 07/09/2003 5:00:13 PM PDT by Registered (77% of the mentally ill live in poverty, that leaves 23% doing quite well!)

To: piasa; William McKinley

Does anyone have a link to the threads on which said digging was done?

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Did Capitol Hill Blue Post An Article With Fabrications?
Me ^

Posted on 07/08/2003 1:32 PM PDT by William McKinley

In this article on Capitol Hill Blue, there are the following lines:
"The report had already been discredited," said Terrance J. Wilkinson, a CIA advisor present at two White House briefings. "This point was clearly made when the President was in the room during at least two of the briefings."

Bush's response was anger, Wilkinson said.
"He said that if the current operatives working for the CIA couldn't prove the story was true, then the agency had better find some who could," Wilkinson said. "He said he knew the story was true and so would the world after American troops secured the country."
Serious allegations. But I notice it is a single source. Being a conservative, I value the lessons of experience, and experience has told me that single sources are to be treated with skeptism. When I see one, I want to know more about the source quoted so as to establish if I should treat that source as credible.
So what about "Terrance J. Wilkinson"?
A Google search for "Terrance J. Wilkinson" found no results (which will change when Google picks up the Capitol Hill Blue article).
Google suggested that the name might be Terrence. But a Google search on "Terrence J. Wilkinson" also produced no hits.
Perhaps the middle initial is the problem. Alas, a Google search on "Terrence Wilkinson" CIA gave no hits, and a Google search on "Terrance Wilkinson" CIA also yielded no hits.
A Google news search on Terrence Wilkinson comes up with nothing relevant. So does a Google news search of Terrance Wilkinson.
A Google search on one of the phrases from one of the quotations comes up empty.
I would anticipate a 'CIA advisor' who attends the same briefings as the President to live somewhere near D.C. But there are no listings according to Anywho for a Terrance or Terrence Wilkinson in D.C., Maryland, or Virginia.
A Google search on "CIA Advisor" Wilkinson also comes up empty.
Perhaps Capitol Hill Blue would be better served by providing some more information about the person quoted so that others can judge his credibility. That is, if he exists.

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110 posted on 07/09/2003 5:00:28 PM PDT by Sabertooth

To: Doug Thompson

Thanks for the Freepers who first brought this to my attention. I should have listened earlier.

Nice acknowledgement.

111 posted on 07/09/2003 5:00:33 PM PDT by aculeus

To: Doug Thompson

Thanks for the Freepers who first brought this to my attention. I should have listened earlier.

Thanks for the honesty in your mistake. It's a rare thing in today's journalism.

I read the entire thread yesterday, and you defended yourself as best you could, but your admission of being had goes a long way toward resurecting your flase claim that Bush was lying.

112 posted on 07/09/2003 5:00:56 PM PDT by BOBTHENAILER (July 9th, the dawning of Iranian Freedom.....I pray for a FREE IRAN)

To: Mo1; Doug Thompson

...In early stories, I collaborated his information with at least one more source. His information usually proved accurate and, over time, I came to depend on him as a source without additional backup.

This story has a stench to it and one cannot assume Mr. Thompson corraborated the information with another source...but in all likelihood, did indeed collaborate with Terrance. There's something to be said for Freud every once in a great while.

It would be interesting to know if Mr. Wilkinson had crossed swords on his coat of arms or perhaps he had the look of that Hathaway dude (for those under 50, the ad gent wore a patch over his eye while modeling Hathaway shirts).

113 posted on 07/09/2003 5:00:58 PM PDT by harrowup

To: Doug Thompson

The saddest part is that after watching this president for two years, anyone would believe that he would lie to the American people.....or anyone else for that matter.

114 posted on 07/09/2003 5:01:51 PM PDT by OldFriend ((BUSH/CHENEY 2004))

To: Doug Thompson

In early stories, I collaborated his information with at least one more source.

Wouldn't it be better to *corroborate* his information?

Time to collaborate with an editor/proofreader...

115 posted on 07/09/2003 5:02:17 PM PDT by Ichneumon

116 posted on 07/09/2003 5:02:21 PM PDT by DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet (670: neighbor of the neighbor of The Beast.)

117 posted on 07/09/2003 5:02:23 PM PDT by Registered (77% of the mentally ill live in poverty, that leaves 23% doing quite well!)

To: Jhoffa_; Doug Thompson

I think that's a really good apology. It'd be so much easier to just bury it and forget it to save face. But, the apology was the honorable way to go. bravo.

I agree Mr. T. --although there's something or other that is ironic about this, coming from "Jhoffa_" that I can't... quite... seem to... (ahem) find.

118 posted on 07/09/2003 5:02:33 PM PDT by unspun ("Do everything in love." - No I don't look anything like her but I do like to hear "Unspun w/ AnnaZ")

Didn't that guy who wrote the op ed piece in New York Times claim that he was doing it for someone in the CIA????

119 posted on 07/09/2003 5:03:17 PM PDT by mware

Well, I want to see a scanned version of the Business Card he gave Doug Thompson, I want the numbers and addresses for this guy. And I want to see it all posted right here at FreeRepublic.com.

120 posted on 07/09/2003 5:04:35 PM PDT by Registered (77% of the mentally ill live in poverty, that leaves 23% doing quite well!)

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