Putin Vindicated?

The Weekly Standard ^ | 04/07/2006 | Dan darling

[JulieRNR21]

BTTT

[Grampa Dave]

"When it comes the Weekly Standard I have agreed with them to publish my translations with no need to credit me in the article. However I will ask them if they can mention Free Republic."

Decades ago, I was trying to write my MBA Master Thesis, and I turned what I thought was my final and very expensive professionally typed (before word processing) Thesis.

It came back refused. I had cited every real quote that I listed appropriately. My failure was to quote some standard management mantras without citing who made the quote/manta. After a conference call with the Dean of English, the MBA program, the school's lawyer and my professor, I made the citations for each of the mantras.

After graduation, I discussed this with the Dean of the English Department. She said that if she had allowed me to get by with that, I and the university might get caught up in plagerism or at least mimicing charges someday in the future.

Ownership of originality of ideas and concepts will become a huge legal quagmire before this decade is over. De facto ownership by not acknowledging the orginator is not wise in today's world.

[Tokra]

this administration and the homo republicans

WTF does that mean?

[slowhand520]

I meant the linguini spine Rinos in the House and Senate

[ravingnutter]

Definitely in bed together:

Moscow had informants inside U.S. Central Command whose information on the March 2003 invasion of Iraq was relayed to dictator Saddam Hussein days before American troops ousted him from power, according to a Defense Department history released yesterday.

And, as U.S. troops encircled Baghdad in April, Russia's ambassador fed information from Moscow's intelligence service to Saddam's regime regarding U.S. troop movements.

Moscow spies tipped Saddam on U.S. war plan

Not to mention helping them move the WMDs. Putin cannot be trusted.

[georgia peach]

Amen!

[onyx]

When it comes the Weekly Standard I have agreed with them to publish my translations with no need to credit me in the article. However I will ask them if they can mention Free Republic.



Ask them to mention FReeper jveritas too.

[frogjerk]

Bears repeating:

[eyespysomething]

lol!

[Chi-townChief]

bttt

[Paul Ross]

It would be sad to learn that the Russian Federation's intelligence service was better informed as to Iraq's terrorist capabilities than were their American counterparts.

But not at all surprising.

[wolfcreek]

I was told by a source that I can not reveal that, the Russians are in bed with us in the WOT. For reasons I can't even understand, the appearance MUST be deceiving. Probably has something to do with the 'keeping your friends close and your enemies closer' theory.

[katana]

Sad to learn but not in the least surprising. There's quite a collection of grossly inaccurate CIA intelligence assessments on China, the former USSR, the former East Germany, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, etc. over the past few decades.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Blue State Insurgent]

The Ukes gave Saddam the GPS jammers IIRC.

[frogjerk]

The Ukes gave Saddam the GPS jammers IIRC.

Wasn't that before the Orange Revolution?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Brings bck memories, .... I had some errors on the Front Page.

[The_Reader_David]

Putin wanted Bush reelected because then Russia could play balance-of-power politics. America retreating would oblige Russia to deal with militant Islam and Chinese expansionism. As long as America is engaged, he can play America and our common natural enemies off against each other.

(Yes, wheels within wheels: There's a reason 'byzantine' got it's secondary meaning. We Orthodox are Christians, but we're still Eastern.)

[dr_who_2]

Either that, or they have a more vivid imagination than our intelligence people do. That's why Pravda is best described as the National Enquirer of the authoritarian left.

[Blue State Insurgent]

Yep.