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In reply to the discussion: Greenwald: Embassy Closings Looks Like A Conspiracy To Silence NSA Debate [View all]warrprayer
(4,734 posts)46. LOL datz funneez!
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"This is a big deal because it's coming from the horse's mouth. Tom Ridge admits in his new book what we've known for a long time and what has been reported years ago.
Former US homeland security chief Tom Ridge charges in a new book that top aides to then-president George W. Bush pressured him to raise the "terror alert" level to sway the November 2004 US election.
Some of Bush's critics had repeatedly questioned whether the administration was using warnings of a possible attack to blunt the political damage from the unpopular Iraq war by shifting the debate to the broader "war on terrorism," which had wide popular appeal.
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http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/tom-ridge-admits-terror-alerts-were-use
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Purveyor
Aug 2013
OP
And Raw Story conviniently leavves off at that... here is the rest from the original interview...
Luminous Animal
Aug 2013
#153
He's alleging a conspiracy between Obama, Graham, Chambliss etc to silence
geek tragedy
Aug 2013
#93
Damn paidpropagandiststasiauthoritariancorporatistquislingfascistsockpuppets
Cali_Democrat
Aug 2013
#84
Let's keep him high on the pedestal like he deserves, because it's all about Greenwald
Life Long Dem
Aug 2013
#4
They'll drown you in hype- e -potomus. But go to bed and you will be better off. n/t
Aerows
Aug 2013
#122
It is so patently dishonest it is hard to believe that the headline writer is literate.
Luminous Animal
Aug 2013
#60
He is not saying that the terrorist threat is not real. He is saying that using that threat
Luminous Animal
Aug 2013
#152
It's "#3", not "#2", and it's because we always call their operations guy "#3"
Recursion
Aug 2013
#109
Bingo. Subtract the ooga-booga words from the headlines, and the truth emerges.
backscatter712
Aug 2013
#129
I wonder if Al Queda or other groups that don't like our policies are planting false flag
cascadiance
Aug 2013
#15
What's it to you? Are you some kind of authority figure on this site? eom
millennialmax
Aug 2013
#23
Why am I not surprised? NOTHING but personal attacks from damn near Day 1 with that one
Number23
Aug 2013
#173
Ah, a culture of intimidation to ensure new users only post things accepted by the long-term posters
millennialmax
Aug 2013
#32
I blame gun controllers for the 1994 loss of Congress after having 40 years of having a Democratic
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2013
#161
where the hell did you get this bogus DU protocol? I've never even seen the poster you claim is
KittyWampus
Aug 2013
#54
"The particular duer you responded to is pretty good at sniffing out trolls, and zombies, and such."
msanthrope
Aug 2013
#61
When someone disagrees with you, theyll point out the fact that you have few posts
David Krout
Aug 2013
#133
oh codswallop. more like the threat is blowback from drone killings that we've been carrying
cali
Aug 2013
#34
He never said what the headline claims he said. The lies, they just keep coming.
Luminous Animal
Aug 2013
#48
Isn't it interesting that the first time we have had a major bush style terror warning in many years
AZ Progressive
Aug 2013
#67
Greenwald thinks there is nothing wrong with spying on terrorists. You'd know this if you actually
Luminous Animal
Aug 2013
#170
Yes! Obama also orchestrated Benghazi as a false flag to lay the foundation for this attack.
Drunken Irishman
Aug 2013
#101
Well, Pres. Obama is becoming more GWBish every day. It like Tom Ridge's CODE RED. nt
TheBlackAdder
Aug 2013
#113
Except for the pesky FACT that he never said that. It is a fabrication originating with the
Luminous Animal
Aug 2013
#169
Everyone except Greenwald used the word "conspiracy". Especially his opponents.
backscatter712
Aug 2013
#131
Yet another thing that was widely accepted as obvious around here when Bush was president,
Marr
Aug 2013
#137
What kind of a solution to an "immenent threat" is closing dozens of our embassies?
another_liberal
Aug 2013
#184