Revealed: US dirty tricks to win vote on Iraq war

The Observer (U.K.) ^ | 03/02/03 | Martin Bright, Ed Vulliamy, and Peter Beaumont

[auboy]

George: That you, Frank?

Frank: Yes, Mr. President.

George: Good. I wanted to be the first to congratulate you on your promotion.

Frank: Well sir, a promotion is sure news to me.

George: You are our new surveillance chief in Spin Bolak. You'll have a company car, with official ensignia, expense account, all the perks.

Frank: Please, Mr. President, I'm so sorry for the leak.

George: Congratulations again, Frank. Someone is waiting outside your office to escort you on the next flight out. I know we can continue to count on you. Click

[Porterville]

I think the french and germans made up this stuff. The language (minus US and GBR, of course)to obvious; who would put that in a memo??? It's bull. We are probbably bugging them but there are no memos; no this late in the game.

[Domestic Church]

Exactly! Let the French have the UN!

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

We've also asked ALL RT topi's to emphasise

We recognise that we can't afford...

Help me here. Why how could the "author" of this email misspell his own name in his return email address (is it Kozu or Koza)? If he is an American why is he using British spelling (emphasize, recognize are American spellings)? If this British rag modified the spelling, what else did they "correct," or make up?

This is pretty flimsy evidence anyway, judging by the Observer's defense of it: The language and content of the memo were judged to be authentic by three former intelligence operatives shown it by The Observer. We were also able to establish that Frank Koza (sic) does work for the NSA and could confirm his senior post in the Regional Targets section of the organisation. Wow, that's convincing.

Remember, anyone can say anything, especially in cyberspace.

[OldFriend]

Snicker,snort..........looks like the left is very afraid of our beloved Condoleeza! So the smearing begins.

[VRWC_minion]

If the allegations of tapping phones is true, I can assure you that the administration did not want that to leak.

I doubt we leaked without approval. In war time this could be considered near treason. Even a Clinton lackey would think more than twice.

[paolop]

Sounds fake.

[dalebert]

Good! We are finally up to dirty tricks. About time.

[Starboard]

The language (minus US and GBR, of course)to obvious; who would put that in a memo??? It's bull.

Precisely, and yes, painfully obvious.

[dep]

yup. pom poofters at their most left-wing typical.

dep

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Why how = Why

Sorry! :P

[VRWC_minion]

Tge article states: and circulated to both senior agents in his organisation and to a friendly foreign intelligence agency asking for its input.

A senior NSA guy isn't going to be sharing top secret memos with other nations unless he has approval and approval wouldn't come unless someone thought through the repercussions of disclosure to others.

These folks are not dumb.

[knak]

The world will believe this but can't believe for a second that Saddam has people watching the inspectors.

[CyberAnt]

Excuse me ... did I miss something - IT SAYS P L A N (it doesn't necessarily indicate that the PLAN is operating).

And ... if you're ready to go to war and the UN idiots are not planning on voting for you - then you can just skip the vote and go directly to WAR.

I don't find anything wrong with that - we have millions of dollars worth of men and equipment sitting around waiting for the go signal.

[montag813]

This seems very suspect. The U.S. knows it will lose this vote and doesn't care. What possible value would bugging the members who oppose us bring?

A better use of time would be to bug the Turkish Parliament.

[Just mythoughts]

Time will tell how many legs this so called "leak" has.

This kind of leak would have to come from someone with knowledge of the workings of NSA.

There have been some very sensitive leaks recently and the leakers were not looking for a positive administration outcome. So until further information that can be verified then have to wait and see who starts squealing about this.

My first choice is by a "leftist" within our own, who is stirring the mud.

[auboy]

Martin Bright, Ed Vulliamy, and Peter Beaumont

IOW, Harry, Moe, and Curly Joe.

[VRWC_minion]

Well then I'm sure you won't mind when Hillary & Company tap your phones/email when it comes time to vote, just to make sure she has the best ammunition to curry your favor.

When she has my FBI file whats the diff ?

I agree ethics matters but so does intelligence. We would be stupid if we didn't gather as much information about our enemies as well as our allies. Do you really think we are the only ones taping conversations ?

[Husker24]

I have to agree with you, If this is true, Bush is in deep sh*t. Not that I believe hes wrong for doing this, its just that the press will get a massive boner over it.

[lodwick]

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