Re: MD ill gotten gains

From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Sun Nov 21 2004 - 14:45:33 GMT

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    > msh says:
    > Of course what I am actually saying has nothing to do with a media
    > conspiracy. In the case of the last war run-up, the WH ignored
    > reports from their own intelligence agencies when such reports did
    > not support their agenda. The clearest example of this is the
    > bullshit reported by Bush in his first State of the Union Address,
    > that there was clear evidence that Iraq was trying to buy uranium
    > from Niger. In fact, he'd been told months before by the CIA, that
    > this "evidence" was derived fraudulently from forged documents. But
    > he was so eager to make an Iraq-WMD connection, that he ignored the
    > CIA and instead claimed that the information came from British
    > Intelligence. The Brits in turn did a lot of hemming and hawing,
    > with Blair finally saying that well, it's true about the forged
    > documents, but we have other evidence as well. It's interesting that no
    > such evidence has been brought forward.
    >
    > Sam, FYI, here's a link to a BBC story about this incident:
    > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3056626.stm

    One disgruntled CIA agent and a proven prevaricating BBC do not a
    believable story make.

    > platt:
    > For a view by an insider (not from some ivory- tower professor) read
    > "Bias" by Bernard Goldberg.
    >
    > msh says:
    > I'm not sure which ivory-tower professor Platt is tacitly slandering
    > now but, by all means, read Goldberg, along with McChesney, Solomon,
    > Bagdikian, and all their supporting references and evidence, and see
    > for yourself.

    Also check out www.mrc.org, the Media Research Center for all their
    supporting references and evidence.

    Platt

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