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November 23, 2005
More on the Bush/al-Jazeera Story
The White House isn't denying the story outright. They're merely saying the charges are "outlandish" and "absurd," as in this response from Scott McClellan: "We are not interested in dignifying something so outlandish and inconceivable with a response."
When a politician doesn't flatly deny something but merely dismisses the charges as ridiculous or politically motivated, there's a good chance the charges are true. (See Clinton, Bill.)
Also from that same MSNBC story is this interesting tidbit:
Meantime, NBC News analyst Bill Arkin says that while there is no military order to bomb any media outlet, the U.S. Strategic Command in Omaha has been given responsibility for exploiting and disrupting the communications and computer systems of news media outlets worldwide.
All the better to keep the truth of Uncle Sam's "benevolent global hegemony" from getting out.
Posted by Mike Tennant at November 23, 2005 10:32 AM
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