Russert is nailing Powell...

[Bush_Sucks]

Pretty good...

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Copper Green.

Spread it around....



Edit to add: Copper Green is (tortured) people!

[trof]

2. WOW! What was that with the camera?

Couldn't take the whipping?

[LittleApple81]

4. and Russert said: that was your staff and it is not appropriate! LOL

[LittleApple81]

8. Then Russert said he appreciated Powell's not allowing his own

staff to interrupt the interview after Russert question. LOL

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

6. Yeah, that was somethin'.

Edit to add: Perhaps Powell has minders, too.

[Catt03]

7. Russert said it was "not appropriate"

AHAh....pess secretary cut off camera.

God...will these guys ever learn.

[LeinesRed]

27. first I was wondering why Russert would get so upset

if it was a technical error..THEN, I realized the whole deal about an unedited broadcast/interview.

[LeinesRed]

28. I forgot to add...that certainly was no technical error!

[displacedtexan]

9. Describe, please!

We don't get the show til eleven.

[LittleApple81]

11. He was asking him about the fake information about WMD fed

the administration before the war... and suddenly the camera switched from Powell to the horizon....

[Kahuna]

16. Say wha????????? My VCR is set for this one. We get it in about..

an hour where I am.

[Cooley Hurd]

10. A Powell staff member evidently tried to end the interview (link to clip)

...before Powell had a chance to answer the question about Powell's UN speech (and Russert questioning Powell's credibility).

Russert said the interview was pre-recorded and unedited, and admitted that Powell's press aide was the one who tried to sabotage the interview.

That was UNBELIEVEABLE!!!!

Link to clip (WMV stream file - 6MB)
http://algraffix.nstemp.com/powellMTP.wmv

[displacedtexan]

13. Thanks! Time to set the VCR!

Hey, check out the link below (ABC) from April. The text of the Yee letter is there... for now.

[UTUSN]

51. Link!--------Link!---------LINK----------in Post #10 n/t

[underpants]

17. I just rewound it on digital -The aide said something about editing

I listened to it three times but couldn't make it all out. She said something like "they are going to use it for editing" Powell said"He is still asking me questions"............."Emily get out of the way".

Strange.

[babzilla]

39. I wonder who this Emily is?

What is her official job and who told her to shut down the interview?

[HFishbine]

54. Could she be

Emily Miller?

Former Tom Delay press person (1) and now employed by the State Department in Public Affairs (2).

1) http://www.yourcongress.com/profile.asp?member_id=126

2) http://foia.state.gov/alphalisting/alpha_all.asp

Someone could call her on Monday and ask...

202-647-9728 (mods: office number as publicly available on DOS web site)

[Gman]

60. Emily Miller for #1 Conservative Idiot of the Week!

[MoonRiver]

22. Pre-recorded? That means Russert decided to leave it in!!

Could the whores be reforming themselves???

[Bush_Sucks]

23. They finally figured out that he's going down and that they might as

well get off the train.

[0007]

34. It was obvious that Tim was indeed pissed to say the least!

That was great.

[Nlighten1]

29. Holy shit...

They are scared as hell to answer real questions. So much so that they will knock cameras out of the way and interfered with interviews.

[Spazito]

37. Thank you so much for the link to the clip!

Incredible! The desperation of the bush admin is showing more and more every day!

[UTUSN]

40. Wow, Thanks for the Clip! Worth the Buffering Wait

Just when I deliberately did NOT watch G.E.RUSSERT because the line-up promised more of the same G.E. kissing up, THIS happened. Usually I luck into seeing something wild like this.

[drfemoe]

42. Jon Stewart

will make the MOST out of this bizarro stunt!! hehe

[FDRrocks]

58. "They can use thier editing"

I wonder who this is, bossing around the Secretary of State while assuming they can tell Russert what to edit and what not?

[Gman]

59. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I'm usually up to watch MTP. My wife told me about this and I was really sorry I missed it.

Many thanks.

[TacticalPeek]

19. LOL, when McCain was later asked a question he didn't want to answer,

he said he'd like the camera to cut to a palm tree. Everybody laughed.

:silly:

[underpants]

67. That was actually very funny

McCain made a funny.

[Bush_Sucks]

3. DID YOU JUST SEE THAT!!

Bush admin. messed around with the camera when Tim started talking about the UN meeting!

[truth2power]

12. OMG! What just happened with that?

I was in the kitchen so didn't see it, but Russert said something like "What happened? The camera went away or something like that and i heard Powell say "Get out of the way". then he was back on. At the end Russert said something about Powell "overruling" someone. What happened???

[leftchick]

15. apparently an assistant to Powell...

turned the camera away in an effort to end the interview. It happened just as Tim was asking Powell about all of the false info he presented to the UN in January 2002. It was bizarre to watch!

[babzilla]

20. Powell's government minder

is more like it. That scared the shit out of me.

[Alerter_]

36. part of the "Special Access Program" no doubt, Minister of Propaganda

The corporate whores smell blood in the water, and they will take Bush down. The Democrats are already covering everything up.

[displacedtexan]

5. Will anyone even mention Chaplain Yee's gag order?

He could probably tell us everything we need to know about Gitmo torture... if he weren't ordered to remain silent.

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/US/WorldNewsTonight/james_yee_040421-1.html

[madrchsod]

14. dam-0 if they loose russert

who do they have left? he`s been their main bitch for over 4 yrs now..

[Kagemusha]

18. 'Use for editing' must mean 'make an out of context soundbyte'

That must be what 'Emily' meant.

In other words, he was gonna say (or had said) something that was gonna be used to make the whole administration look bad, which would then be blamed on Powell.

[LittleApple81]

21. What are you talking about here? n/t

[Kagemusha]

25. Powell's minder tried to cut the interview on while it was running.

That help? There's another thread on it kicking around.

[Paragon]

24. "Emily, get out of the way."

Oh, that was DELICIOUS. :7

[LeinesRed]

26. Then...as Russert restated the question

did you see Powell? He looked very agitated, breathing very heavy. He looked quite upset. Then...he collected himself for the response. Incredible. Did Russert refer to the incident again? I was calling my mom so she would tape the replay! Heard the McCain joke...

[Nlighten1]

31. Yes he did...

Russert said at the end that he was thankful that the Secretary over-ruled his press secretary as she tried to cut off the interview before he answered his final question.

[Khephra]

30. Boom--chicka-wow--wow...

(cue the 70's porn music.... ;-) )

[xultar]

35. BUHWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! N/T

[0007]

32. The accountability goes up according to Colin Powell!

....up to God in junior's mind? LOL!

The best yet I've seen by Tim Russert.

[DoYouEverWonder]

33. The video link has a statement

from Russert at the end, sarcastically thanking them for allowing him to use the unedited tape and to continue the interview.

That was bizarre.

[Occulus]

56. A signal, perhaps?

From Russert to the * admin?

We're onto you, perhaps?

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[mourningdove92]

41. Even Drudge is covering this

along with a transcript of the conversation.

[Az]

52. Drudge gets paid by the click

Morbid curiousity is not worth keeping that scum on the net.

[Neecy]

43. ugh

Who ever thought we'd witness Blackshirt tactics circa Italy 1930 on national television?

These people are thugs, pure and simple, and the curtain dropped this morning.

[Shopaholic]

45. Replay tonight on CNBC at 10pm Eastern

For those of you who want to see the entire thing-

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

48. schweet. "we are experiencing technical difficulties" (thump bump) EOM

[goclark]

44. Emily "You're Fired!"

Wow!!! Just saw it on the West Coast.
That was awesome.
Worse then Watergate.

Who the hell is Emily to cut the feed on her Boss?!

This is getting funky-and so much fun!!!

:toast: :bounce: :toast: :bounce: :toast: :bounce: :toast: :bounce: :toast: :bounce: :toast: :bounce: :toast: :bounce: :toast: :bounce: :toast: :bounce: :toast: :bounce:

[SalParadise]

46. LINK TO THE CLIP - (via eschaton comments)

http://algraffix.nstemp.com/powellMTP.wmv

[gristy]

50. can someone post a smaller file for us dial-up users?

:(

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

47. When is it on again? EOM

[graham67]

49. It should rerun...

on edit:

CNBC 10:00pm Eastern

(not MSNBC, sorry)

[philosophie_en_rose]

53. Press Secretary or Overseer?

"Emily" is a direct line to Tom DeLay. I wonder how she behaves without the cameras present.

[Shopaholic]

55. Latest official "explanation"

is that this was poor Powell's third interview of the day and that his cameraman was "tired". These people will say or do anything to get their asses out of deep shit!

[Spazito]

57. That might fly if we were all DEAF...

you could hear clearly the conflict between Emily and Powell. I can't help but laugh uncontrollably at this lame excuse.

[DoYouEverWonder]

61. I've known enough people in the TV business

to know that that is total bullshit.

[babzilla]

62. link?

where did you get this official explanation? It is obviously at odds with what actually transpired.

ETA the transcript of the attempted censorship:

EMILY MILLER, STATE DEPARTMENT PRESS AIDE: You're off.

SECRETARY POWELL: I am not off.

EMILY MILLER, PRESS AIDE: No. They can't use it, they're editing it.

SECRETARY POWELL: He's still asking the questions.

EMILY MILLER, PRESS AIDE: He was not ...

SECRETARY POWELL: Tim, I am sorry I lost you.

MR. RUSSERT: I am right here Mr. Secretary. I would hope they would put you back on camera. I don't know who did that.

EMILY MILLER, PRESS AIDE: He was going to go for another five minutes.

SECRETARY POWELL: We've really scre...

MR. RUSSERT: I think that was one of your staff Mr. Secretary. I don't think that's appropriate.

SECRETARY POWELL: Emily, get out of the way. Bring the camera back please. (Camera returns to the interview subject) I think we're back on Tim, go ahead with your last question.

MR. RUSSERT: Thank you very much, sir.

[Shopaholic]

63. The spin I read was at one of the rethug boards. . .

not really official--probably trying to float that theory around the 'net before the mainstream press could get a hold of it and spread what really happened around. Thanks for the actual transcript--it's hillarious!

[babzilla]

65. which republican board?

can you give a link for the "not really official excuse" then?

It would be interesting to match up the unofficial excuse to the actual transcript.

[otohara]

64. Wouldn't The Cameraman Be An NBC Employee?

this doesn't make sense - another lie from the adminstration incapable of telling the truth

[babzilla]

66. that would be the same NBC camera operator

who focused back on Powell with this statement:

Powell: Bring the camera back, please. I think we're back on, Tim. Go ahead with your last question

Too tired to aim the camera after 3 whole interviews? I don't think so.