Mansoor Ijaz slamming Richard Clarke on Fox'N Friends

Fox News Channel

[ReleaseTheHounds]

Mansoor Ijaz just called Richard Clarke essentially a liar. Challenged virtually all of his claims -- and accused Clarke of stonewalling Ijaz's efforts to capture Bin Laden via the Sudanese.

[The Wizard]

it was John Podhorotz

[texasflower]

That was John Podhoretz. He just released a good book called "Bush Country: How Dubya Became a Great President While Driving Liberals Insane".

Yes, that is the real title. I love that he used Dubya in the title.

[texasflower]

She was talking about John Podhoretz

[arasina]

Monsoor has stated it time and time again but never mentioned Clarke by name.

[KE]

No, I don't mean the interview with Mansoor Ijaz. there was a heavy-set balding guy on for just 2-3 minutes, talking about a meeting the Bush transition team was at with a lower level team from the Clinton WH, before Bush was Ignau. He definitely said it was a slide show, (don't know how many slides), and that only slide #30 mentioned OBL in passing, nothing important. He hinted that Dick Clark was a liar. hummmmmm?

Karen

[elli1]

Me thinks that a good portion of Ijaz' ''BS'' is purposeful & coordinated (w/ the Pentagon) disinformation. Keep in mind that he is not billed as a ''journalist'', but as an ''analyst''.

[Alas Babylon!]

Good points Chris. I do know that my local rag, (The Montgomery Advertiser (Alabama), is owned by Gannet, and loves to include stories by Knight-Ritter, USA Today, AP, and Reuters bringing up charges against Bush et al, and then never, ever print a story opposing said releases. I will write them, but they have yet to print one of my letters. When they print a pro-Bush letter, the writer generally comes off as a yahoo redneck. Maybe I should write in that style?

[Preachin']

He did claim that Bill Clinton did not take bin Laden when offered by Sudan.

It seems easy to believe that now that we know Clinton had bin Laden in the sights of a drone on at least one occasion. Some are saying three times or more.

A little math shows that Mansoor is at least believable.

[KE]

To Myself - I got it now - John Podhoretz.

Thank you.

Karen.

[captbarney]

that was Podhoritz. Writes for NY Post and others

[Just mythoughts]

"Who was the heavy-set guy on Fox, after Condi was on talking? He was talking about a meeting with lower level people, during the transition period. He mentioned that they received a slide show with info, and only slide #30 mentioned OBL in passing. Nothing important etc., and that is all they received. Who was he, and I wonder how he saw these slides etc. We need more info on this."

"That was Mansoor Ijaz, subject of this thread."




I don't think the "heavy-set guy on Fox, after Condi" is Mansoor Ijaz, there was someone else, which I listened to but did not look to see.

[ReleaseTheHounds]

Sorry, Karen, I missed that one.

[The Wizard]

John Podhoritz

[Just mythoughts]

Thanks!

[an amused spectator]

She's seen this before, and she doesn't like it. And I agree with her. It's assclown stuff. Trust me on this: she isn't shaken; she's angry. On ABC's GMA, she had to sit there and listen to Clarke give his spiel for almost ten minutes. When Gibson turned to her it was like watching a thoroughbred bolt out of the gate. She lit into Clarke, then into his arguments.

Ann Curry (NBC) started to light into Wesley "Let Me Clarify" Clark when he started in with the Democrat hit this morning. She wanted to point out that Clark supported the war in Iraq, but he hauled her up by saying he never had.

I was left wondering if he had.

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

Our local paper, the Tuscaloosa News, is owned by the NY Times, but they almost always print letters sent in.

[blanknoone]

And turned against them because of their lack of action on OBL/terrorism.

Not too soon...he donated to Hillary! after he left office...he couldn't have been too disappointed with the 'toons.

[philosofy123]

Does Mansoor works for the US government? In What capacity?

[an amused spectator]

Oh, I'm sorry - they're right. It was Podhoretz. He's one of our guys - I never miss his stuff on FR.

[baseballmom]

Thanks, for the publisher info.

Watching Condi on CNN, she said she was very well aware of AQ, from the embassy bombings and the USS Cole. They asked Clarke to come up with a comprehensive report, which he did, and, she indicated it was satisfactroy. However, he was NOT invited to the Camp David meeting on the weekend after 9/11.

Her criticism was that Clarke was too narrowly focused, and GW had a broader strategy of taking the fight to the terrorists, ALL of them, not just in Afghanistan. But Afghanistan was the starting point for that strategy.