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NBC's Brian Williams Admits Stealing Documents from Carter White House!
C-SPAN's Q&A (interview w/Brian Lamb) ^

Posted on 12/27/2004 3:28:56 AM PST by Osama Is My DNC Chairman

LAMB: Somebody out there in the ether told me that you have documents from the Carter transition time as part of your collection.

WILLIAMS: I do.

LAMB: What is that?

WILLIAMS: They were in a desk drawer and I found them. I was assigned a desk in the Old Executive Office Building. This is one of the great quirks of the history of the last 40 years and I know who this is, you’ve been talking to and it makes perfect sense. And I have the original list of potential vice presidents, the original IBM Selectric with corrections, something that’s been in the news of late, the original list of potential vice presidential choices for the new president. I have the kind of, how do we get started memorandum where Carter’s handwriting is visible saying, transfer all calls to Plains. Here’s how to answer the phone. Carter transition office, Governor Carter is not in, but may I take a message?

The president, who was later so famous for his love of and immersion in the minutiae of office, is clearing seen doing the same before he is even in office. And I’m very lucky to have these. I guess it’s squatter’s rights. I will probably hand them over to their rightful owners. I’ll keep only a Xerox and I’ll give the papers to the Carter library. Truth be told, my wife and I live in a converted barn. These were missing for a period of about 10 years during which time I shared the story with no one and was perspiring heavily about it until recently when, in trying to track down a mouse, I moved a wall panel. Lo and behold, they were in the same red manila folder that they were in in the Carter White House

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Dan Rather was hounded from his anchor's chair for mishandling documents, even though no laws were broken.

Now, NBC's new anchor has admitted that he STOLE documents from the Carter White House, and held on to them for more than 25 years. Even if he gives them back to the White House, doesn't this act of long-term dishonesty pretty much disqualify him as a serious and ethical journalist worthy of the anchor's chair?

1 posted on 12/27/2004 3:28:56 AM PST by Osama Is My DNC Chairman
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2 posted on 12/27/2004 3:30:38 AM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: Osama Is My DNC Chairman

What I want to know is why Sandy Berger isn't yet in leg-irons busting rocks.


3 posted on 12/27/2004 3:34:20 AM PST by EternalVigilance (Those who want a Christ-less America face a Christ-less eternity...)
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To: Osama Is My DNC Chairman
Dan Rather was hounded from his anchor's chair

Hounded? Surely you exagerate.

4 posted on 12/27/2004 3:34:30 AM PST by rhombus
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To: Osama Is My DNC Chairman
"...doesn't this act of long-term dishonesty pretty much disqualify him as a serious and ethical journalist worthy of the anchor's chair?"

Since when has 'long-term dishonesty' been a disqualifier for any media assignment?
5 posted on 12/27/2004 3:45:51 AM PST by leprechaun9
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To: Osama Is My DNC Chairman
"Now, NBC's new anchor has admitted that he STOLE documents from the Carter White House, and held on to them for more than 25 years. Even if he gives them back to the White House, doesn't this act of long-term dishonesty pretty much disqualify him as a serious and ethical journalist worthy of the anchor's chair?"

This fits the liberal profile.
6 posted on 12/27/2004 3:50:51 AM PST by Just mythoughts
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To: Osama Is My DNC Chairman

"Dan Rather was hounded from his anchor's chair for mishandling documents, even though no laws were broken."


I am sure that using forged military documents to try to unseat a President is against the law.


7 posted on 12/27/2004 3:51:06 AM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (Be wary of strong drink as it can make you shoot at tax collectors and miss. LONG)
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To: EternalVigilance; All

Legal question for all: Can a U.S. citizen claim "standing" and file charges against these document thieves? Could we get a FR class action going? Other angles? Getting them served on camera would be a good start...sure to be a hit on Drudge and Rush and other shows....


8 posted on 12/27/2004 3:52:10 AM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance (REMEMBER THE ALGOREAMO--relentlessly hammer on the TRUTH, like the Dems demand recounts)
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To: EternalVigilance

900 FBI files are still out there and tend to make people cautious.

Semper Fi,


9 posted on 12/27/2004 3:57:01 AM PST by 2nd Bn, 11th Mar (Sniper: "One shot, one kill". Machinegunner: "One shot, one kill...again, & again & again".)
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To: Osama Is My DNC Chairman

"...the original list of potential vice presidential choices for the new president."

Huh? How did he get elected without already having picked a VP?


10 posted on 12/27/2004 4:01:02 AM PST by Lee'sGhost (Crom!)
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To: Just mythoughts

"NBC's new anchor has admitted that he STOLE documents from the Carter White House"

Doesn't the statute of limitations for prosecution start with our discovery of the crime? Let's clamor. What are the most important pressure points we can come up with...yes, the advertisers, the execs,--but how about FReeping his neighborhood...ProtestWarrior style? Real local shame and derision, "just in case" we can't get our other bureaucracies off their butts to do the job....


11 posted on 12/27/2004 4:09:04 AM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance (REMEMBER THE ALGOREAMO--relentlessly hammer on the TRUTH, like the Dems demand recounts)
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To: Osama Is My DNC Chairman
I watched the interview with Williams. He worked as an intern in the WH, opening mail, during the Carter presidency. He apparently found the docs in his desk drawer.

Rather manipulated documents in an effort to push a story designed to affect a presidential election. Such an effort should have led to Rather's downfall. Williams was a college kid who got no pay as an intern. He probably thought of them as a momento at the end of his internship. While he shouldn't have taken the papers, they don't appear to compromise national security nor would they compromise any kind of investigation or election. So, I'm not going to try to draw any kind of equivalency.

12 posted on 12/27/2004 4:10:46 AM PST by Don'tMessWithTexas
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To: Blurblogger
"Doesn't the statute of limitations for prosecution start with our discovery of the crime? Let's clamor. What are the most important pressure points we can come up with...yes, the advertisers, the execs,--but how about FReeping his neighborhood...ProtestWarrior style? Real local shame and derision, "just in case" we can't get our other bureaucracies off their butts to do the job...."

I am not a lawyer, however, statute of limitations vary with the crime and jurisdiction. I have no idea about this self admitted crime.

I have never cared for Brian Williams and on opening day of "Shock and Awe" while he Williams was sitting on his throne in Kuwait, old Brian with pure disgust described the bombing of Baghdad as just like the bombing of Dresden, Germany.

I was so ticked at his and Hillry's generals trashing US, I sent a hot email to the little pinko in charge of MSMBC, telling of my displeasure of trashing the US.

The day it was announced the Brian was to replace the madman Tom, there was a thread on this site praising Brian.

I have made it a point to not give Brian my time whenever his face shows up on the tv screen.

Brian openly admitting he took government documents does not surprise me one little bit and I have no problem exposing him to any and all who would listen.
13 posted on 12/27/2004 4:22:00 AM PST by Just mythoughts
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To: Blurblogger
Legal question for all: Can a U.S. citizen claim "standing" and file charges against these document thieves? Could we get a FR class action going? Other angles? Getting them served on camera would be a good start...sure to be a hit on Drudge and Rush and other shows

A private citizen can report a crime to the authorities and even arrest perpetrators. A citizen can be asked if they wish to file charges against an individual. However, a private citizen, ultimately,does not have the authority to initiate the prosectution of a crime. That authority rests in a district/county attorney or US attorney. The prosecutor has broad discretion in criminal matters.

The only person/entity with the authority to prosecute would be the US attorney's office or an office associated with the WH or national archives. If these guys were not willing to prosecute Berger, I seriously doubt that they are going to go after Williams for what happened 25 years ago. A class action lawsuit is an action taken in civil court.

14 posted on 12/27/2004 4:22:12 AM PST by Don'tMessWithTexas
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To: Osama Is My DNC Chairman; Mo1; Peach
The president, who was later so famous for his love of and immersion in the minutiae of office, is clearing seen doing the same before he is even in office.


15 posted on 12/27/2004 4:35:14 AM PST by prairiebreeze (Jimmy Carter is a national disgrace.)
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To: Osama Is My DNC Chairman

How do you figure Williams "stole" these items? Isn't that for the original owner to say whether or not they were stolen?

If they were considered trash, they could hardly be stolen could they?

As much as I dislike Williams, this is pretty weak and in no way disqualifies him for anything.


16 posted on 12/27/2004 4:35:34 AM PST by TN4Liberty (American... conservative... southern.... It doesn't get any better than this.)
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To: EternalVigilance
What I want to know is why Sandy Berger isn't yet in leg-irons busting rocks.

You're not alone.

17 posted on 12/27/2004 4:38:34 AM PST by Right_in_Virginia
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To: TN4Liberty

If these were national security files, personnel files or dossiers, it would be problematic. This is just a list of VP nominees. On a moral level, this is equivalent to sticking a Ritz-Carlton towel or ashtray in your suitcase. It's theft, but not nearly on the level with what Sandy Berger did.


18 posted on 12/27/2004 4:40:22 AM PST by Don'tMessWithTexas
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To: TN4Liberty

Interesting that they were hidden behind a panel, which is odd, and that he was "perspiring heavily" about having taken out the trash after all these years. Sounds like he thought he stole them, and was worried about the consequences if word got out.


19 posted on 12/27/2004 4:41:37 AM PST by Moonmad27
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To: prairiebreeze

LOL! What a perfect card to explain "Jimmay" Carter.


20 posted on 12/27/2004 4:41:39 AM PST by Peach
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