IRAQ: Leaked memos vindicated

[dcentity2000]

Two men have been charged under the Official Secrets Act following the leak of a secret government memo.
The document involved was the Foreign Office's Iraq in the Medium Term, which referred to "heavy-handed" US tactics, a government source told the BBC.

Its contents were reported in the Sunday Times in May last year.

Ex-civil servant David Keogh and former MP's researcher Leo O'Connor, both from Northampton, will appear before Bow Street magistrates on 29 November.

Source: BBC News

Not so fake now, are they?



Rich::

 

[Free4Life11]

I don't like all these secrets. Too sneaky.

 

[Mugg Mann]

Republican Smear Central will need 24 hours to process this new information and counter with something that will smear and attempt to discredit the reputation of the leakers, since they have now committed the mortal sin of presenting facts to the world that contradict what the Bush administration wants you to believe. As soon as the appropiate response is decided upon, O'Reilly, Limbaugh, Hannity et al will have it in time for their next respective broadcasts.

Just watch......

 

[wvrevy]

Ah, Mugg Man...You don't give them enough credit. One glance at the source (a *gasp* foreign news service), and they'll be all over it.

 

[Independent]

And not only foreign, but the evil BBC - lower than the Globe or National Enquirer to some.

 

[Mugg Mann]

Ah, Mugg Man...You don't give them enough credit. One glance at the source (a *gasp* foreign news service), and they'll be all over it.

lol.....but there's the moral dilemma! Isn't the foreign country in question here part of the "Multi-National Force" in Iraq?

You could be right though, wvrevy. The smear this time is going to have to be applied with more surgical precision than usual. I might have to cook up some popcorn and watch this one unfold.......

 

[Mugg Mann]

Thinking about this news for a second, do you think that the Republican-run congress will have enough integrity to hold hearings on this that aren't held in the basement this time?

I'm wondering how many people here on the boards actually know what happened when patriotic Congressmen tried to hold hearings on the Downing Street Memos when they were first revealed? Or for that matter, how many people know what the Downing Street memos are and what they contained?

 

[Mugg Mann]

Hmmm....three hours later, and not one of the usual Bush supporters-no-matter-what has commented on the breaking news. Interesting........

 

[eclectics]

Just giving it a deserved bump. The Bushies can run but they can't hide!

 

[yeartolate]

When will the first "but Clinton or Micheal Moore yada yada yada" post be?

 

[bsnyder]

I never saw the original memo when it was leaked. Anyone have a link?

 

[LoraJ]

http://www.downingstreetmemo.com/

 

[bsnyder]

http://www.downingstreetmemo.com/

THAT memo?

Why does the BCC refer to it like this:

The document involved was the Foreign Office's Iraq in the Medium Term, which referred to "heavy-handed" US tactics, a government source told the BBC.

 

[LoraJ]

THAT memo?

Why does the BCC refer to it like this:

I could be confused and assume that was the one. I saw Memo and May and that's when downing street came about.

 

[DawnCt1]

http://www.downingstreetmemo.com/

Sounds like another "opinion piece". There were twelve UN resolutions that Saddam ignored. The "UN" members, France, Germany and Russia, who were not on board were up to thier necks in the "oil for food" fiasco. And the intelligence that lead up to the war was the intelligence that the entire world had, including the whining Democrats in the US Senate. I think that there is a smell of "incense and peppermints and patchouli oil" that is intoxicating the left.

 

[bsnyder]

I could be confused and assume that was the one. I saw Memo and May and that's when downing street came about.

I assumed that too, from the title of the thread and the date.

But I've never heard of these two guys, and as far as I know, the original source for the Downing Street memo has never been named.

It sure would seem like if the article was about the DS memo, the BCC would refer to it that way. I don't know what this "heavy handed" stuff is referencing.

Rich???

 

[LoraJ]

Sounds like another "opinion piece". There were twelve UN resolutions that Saddam ignored. The "UN" members, France, Germany and Russia, who were not on board were up to thier necks in the "oil for food" fiasco. And the intelligence that lead up to the war was the intelligence that the entire world had, including the whining Democrats in the US Senate. I think that there is a smell of "incense and peppermints and patchouli oil" that is intoxicating the left.

Opinion piece? Did you click the actual memo link?

 

[bsnyder]

Opinion piece? Did you click the actual memo link?

It's a single issue "blog", not an opinion piece.

but what is THIS thread about?

 

[LoraJ]

It's a single issue "blog", not an opinion piece.

http://www.downingstreetmemo.com/docs/memotext.pdf

 

[LadyDay]

Sounds like another "opinion piece". There were twelve UN resolutions that Saddam ignored. The "UN" members, France, Germany and Russia, who were not on board were up to thier necks in the "oil for food" fiasco. And the intelligence that lead up to the war was the intelligence that the entire world had, including the whining Democrats in the US Senate. I think that there is a smell of "incense and peppermints and patchouli oil" that is intoxicating the left.

Speaking of intoxicated..............pardon me, intoxicating.

Is it your contention the entire world had unfettered access to all classified material about Iraq?

Is it your contention the entire world had access to every presidential PDB, briefing, meeting, discussion, keg party, etc.?



You'd have to be intoxicated to believe that.

Speaking of intoxicating smells.......................what you smell is Bushie desperation.