[Semper Paratus]

The past week the CIA is gushing with released info.
What gives?

[WinOne4TheGipper]

I think that's good enough reason to go into Iraq. Besides, everyone knew that they'd met in Prague. The administration probably couldn't confirm it because it was still sensitive.

[woofie]

Lies,lying,Liars ...Im referring to Democrats

[Valin]

Anyone have the actual memos? I don't know about others but I'd like to see them.

[aculeus]

And the reason this is in NewsMax and not mainstream media is ...

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

QUAGMIRE QUAGMIRE QUAGMIRE HALLIBURTON HALLIBURTON HALLIBURTON!!!!!!!

[diamond6]

All I can say is....AWESOME, TOTALLY AWESOME!!!
President Bush is finally vindicated.

[lelio]

So the story here is that a part of Saddam's government might have financed the hijackers?

[MamaLucci]

...a bombshell memo released by the CIA on Saturday...

So, this 16 page memo wasn't leaked, it was released?

[Phsstpok]

Will this info (not the Prague meetings but the Intelligence Committee release) be picked up and confirmed by any other news media? Fox has it, but no one else in a Google news search.

But Newsweek's cover story on "Cheney's Long Path To War" has the following unsubstantiated statement:

as recently as Sept. 14, Cheney continued to leave the door open to Iraqi complicity. He brought up a report—widely discredited by U.S. intelligence officials—that 9/11 hijacker Muhammad Atta had met with an Iraqi intelligence officer in Prague in April 2001.

I wonder if the Republicans on the intelligence committee are releaseing this CIA memo to counteract the Newsweek spin? I also wonder if spin on this will be the big fight on the Sunday morning shows?

[ChadGore]

"Duuuuuh, I'm toast"

[Broadside Joe]

Liberal press: Boy are Americans stupid Bwaaaahahaha..70% think that there is a connection between 9-11 and Saddam Bwaaahahaha This is why we must guide them like the little children they are Bwaaahahah We are so much smarter Bwaahahaha..

Ooops what's that? CIA has proof? Oh yeah BUT Saddam wasn't on-board those hijacked planes so this is just more White house spin.

[Quix]

I think this was more the confirmation (than the economic), vindidcation which was prophesied for Bush these weeks.

I think every "MEDIA MIDGET" ought to be REQUIRED by every boss to ask EVERY HYPORAT before they asked any other question--

WHAT THE HYPORAT would have done regarding Iraq had they been president and had that info.

. . . especially the HYPORATS whining so incessantly about such issues.

And, that such media midget actions should continue for a MONTH for *EVERY* pontification said HYPORAT exalted in against Bush.

[tet68]

And we read about this HERE how long ago?

[oyez]

If it wasn't for FR, a lot of people would never know about it. The painstream media has pretty much in their own minds discredited the CIA right out of existance.

[Quix]

HEY HYPORATS . . .

STUFF YOUR TRAITOROUS COMMENTS

in each of your available orifi.

For my money, you should print them on card stock, first.

[Republic_of_Secession.]

What I am most puzzled over is how the administration seems to downplay the sigificance of these findings. Newsmax.com has also been reporting the aparent connection between 911 & Salman Pak in which it appears that there was an Iraqi training school for the sort of terrorist attack that was used on September 11 2001. One would think that the administration would be pointing out this connection.

[Qwinn]

To be totally honest, NewsMax is blowing it up a bit out of proportion. The memo -does- pretty much irrefutably prove the link between Iraq and Al Qaeda in general. It can definetly be considered a "smoking gun" in that sense.

But it still does not prove an Iraq-9/11 link beyond a shadow of doubt. Newsmax is trying to make it sound more like that than either the NY Post or Weekly Standard are willing to. Newsmax has a habit of being sensationalist that way.

Now don't get me wrong. I do very much believe Iraq -did- have something to do with 9/11, I think there's plenty of circumstantial evidence, enough to hold up in a civil case. But "beyond a reasonable doubt"? No, I don't think so yet.

I do think think this evidence does make anyone who tries to say "there was NO link between Iraq and 9/11" look even more foolish than someone who claims there is though. The circumstantial evidence points more to it than away from it at this point.

Qwinn

[knak]

Didn't the Senate Intellegence memo say they couldn't prove that any money actually got to him? Not that I beleive that, but that's what the dims will say.

[arete]

Oh boy, the administration must be getting truly desperate. Another "leaked" story that will prove to be untrue and as false as the WMD claims. Later, the administration will say, "we never said that". Like I said, real desperation to give the sheep some reason to believe that Iraq isn't a total FUBAR.

Richard W.