Discussion Thread: Testimony before "Intelligence Committee:

September 18, 2002

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

She may be able to get to FR through www.alltheweb.com, a search engine, treasure-trove of FR archived articles. Type "Free Republic" into the search box, and see if that gets her in...

[SwatTeam]

I couldn't see if the signs had sticks on them or not but I am convinced they were aided and abetted by somebody on that committee and THAT should concern everybody.

[Mo1]

Thanks for that info

On another note .. did you see the piece Fox News did yesterday about how PETA is financing alot of the nut jobs ..

There is a guy in the House of Rep. that is investing this .. shoot I can't remember his name

[SwatTeam]

He is pretty attractive, isn't he? And appears to possess a great sense of humor along with it.

[CougarGA7]

Yeeeeesh! What a Tire-Biter.

[Howlin]

Another message: if you want ON or OFF of my Breaking News/Live thread ping list, please freepmail me.

[Mo1]

it might be her cookies .. she might have to clear them and login back in

[lsee]

Here's the transcript. Great speech. He was totally unfazed by those stupid protestors. I think they should have been hustled out the moment the stood up. Known protestors inside a committee meeting should have been watched with an eagle eye.

Prepared Testimony of U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld before the House Armed Services Committee regarding Iraq

Mr. Chairman, members of the Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to meet with you today.

Last week, we commemorated the one-year anniversary of the most devastating attack our nation has ever experienced—more than 3,000 innocent people killed in a single day.

Today, I want to discuss the task of preventing even more devastating attacks—attacks that could kill not thousands, but potentially tens of thousands of our fellow citizens.

As we meet, state sponsors of terror across the world are working to develop and acquire weapons of mass destruction. As we speak, chemists, biologists, and nuclear scientists are toiling in weapons labs and underground bunkers, working to give the world’s most dangerous dictators weapons of unprecedented power and lethality.

The threat posed by those regimes is real. It is dangerous. And it is growing with each passing day. We cannot wish it away.

We have entered a new security environment, one that is dramatically different than the one we grew accustomed to over the past half-century. We have entered a world in which terrorist movements and terrorists states are developing the capacity to cause unprecedented destruction.

Excerpt...

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Rummy on the Saudis: They have been increasingly "what's the word, friendly? supportive." "I would categorize their public and private comments as recognizing a good number of things that I've described here today."

[Carolinamom]

Do they screen the visitors at these hearings? Call me paranoid, but if there is no screening, what would prevent one bent on violence from carrying in a weapon in the rolls or folds of such banners?

[hellinahandcart]

I couldn't see if the signs had sticks on them or not

They did not. The signs were on sheets, folded and kept hidden under their jackets along with their "NO WAR" fashion T-Shirts.

but I am convinced they were aided and abetted by somebody on that committee and THAT should concern everybody.

You are preaching to the choir here. Amen, brother, AMEN!!

[mwl1]

Heads will not roll. The RATS wanted protestors... it was a trial balloon. Rummy didn't bite, but the news media will.

Shows again how off-course the RATS are... this will strengthen American resolve for the president's position, not diminish it.

Perhaps unbelievably, RATS still do not, cannot accept a post-9/11 America.

[mwl1]

On, please. Best regards.

[CougarGA7]

Thanks, keeps me posted on how this goes. The idoit computer guy in this place doesn't beleive in sound cards so I cant even access it on webio.

[MissAmericanPie]

It is a given, no way these two tramps could seat themselves directly behind Rumsfield if it was not a staged event by the demons.

[SwatTeam]

I've never been to any of the hearing but some of the Freepers attended a lot of the hearings when Clinton was impeached. Can't remember if they were checked out thoroughly or npt. One of them was Kristen. Maybe someone who has been there and done that could enlighten us as to what procedures they had to go through go get into the chambers.

[hellinahandcart]

Do me a favor and repeat what you just said over here. If she was a guest of the DNC, that is HUGE.

[Hipixs]

[Miss Marple]

Is there another thread? I am only seeing this one.

[mwl1]

Orders probably straight from Daschle, abetted by Kerry or Levin.