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Media Ignore Saddams WMD Intent

Mike

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Media Ignore Saddam's WMD Intent

Wednesday, February 13, 2008 9:33 AM

By: Ronald Kessler Article Font Size




When FBI agent George Piro recently described debriefing Saddam Hussein for seven months after his capture, he disclosed that the Iraqi dictator admitted his intention to re-start his weapons of mass destruction program within a year.


That plan included developing nuclear weapons capability, according to Saddam.


The revelation should have hit Page One of every newspaper.


It would have further justified President Bush’s decision to invade Iraq, a key issue in the coming presidential election. But many in the mainstream media could not bear to hear that Bush may have done something right.

When Piro’s interview came out in my book, "The Terrorist Watch: Inside the Desperate Race to Stop the Next Attack," NBC Nightly News, Fox News, and Newsmax ran the news of Saddam’s admission, but few newspapers published a story. [Editor's Note: Get Ron Kessler's book FREE — go here now.]

CNN ran a story on the debriefing of Saddam but made no mention of Saddam’s plans to resume his weapons of mass destruction program, including developing nuclear capability. Instead, CNN said that what Saddam told Piro “throws more cold water on the justification for war” because Saddam admitted he was bluffing about having weapons of mass destruction.

Two and a half months later, "60 Minutes" ran the first television interview with Piro. The interview buried the reference to Saddam’s WMD and nuclear plans, as did the press release on the CBS Web site. Likewise, an AP story on the interview mentioned Saddam’s plans in the 11th paragraph. Only four U.S. newspapers ran a story referring to Saddam’s WMD and nuclear plans.


The Washington Post ran a 542-word story on the interview leaving out any mention of Saddam’s avowed intentions. The New York Times ran no story at all.


Today, we have press censorship similar to what existed in the old Soviet Union, except the censors are journalists themselves, and it’s in reverse: News favorable to the government is suppressed.
 

Steve

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Kinda like they clung to the "US National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) was published indicating that Iran had halted its nuclear weapons programme in 2003.".

and all but ignored the,.. "We judge with moderate confidence that the earliest possible date Iran would be technically capable of producing enough HEU for a weapon is late 2009".....and

We assess with high confidence that Iran has the scientific, technical and industrial capacity eventually to produce nuclear weapons if it decides to do so.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/library/reports/2007/nie_iran-nuclear_20071203.htm
 

nonothing

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You know what is really sad...Mike posts without proof, just taking one persons word for this...Show me a tape of sadam saying such things and I will agree with you that he had intentions of future rebuilding....Until you can do this, stop beating this dead horse..Also If you think GW has been awesome as a leader I think thats good for you...Proving his past just goes to show how little you trust in him though...You are bringing up a dead mans decisions of the future,just for the sole reason of trying to make GW's decision to invade a valid one....As I recall he went into Iraq because he claimed them to already have ready to use WMD's,not because they were going to have WMD's in two years time...As I mentioned,you seem to love GW as pres and thats cool,if what he has done is right by America,it will all come out as time moves forward..If he is the pillar you seem to claim him to be,then let his legacy speak for him not you,I am sure by now Mike most here know how you feel about the man they call Dubbya....
 
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