From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

George Sherwood wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 23:30:35 +0000, Adam wrote:
>
>
>>George Sherwood wrote:
>>
>>>First one from Foreign Affairs.  Good summary of military
thinking in Iraq
>>>prior to the war.  For Phil, just ignore any comments about how
brutal was
>>>Saddam.  We know there is no proof of this for you.
>>>
>>>http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20060501faessay85301/kevin-woods-james-lacey-w
illiamson-murray/saddam-s-delusions-the-view-from-the-inside.html
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Second out of Washington Times. I have heard this guy speak.  It is a
>>>strange story how he ended up with the tapes of Sadaam to translate.  I
>>>hope eventually all of the transripts are released.
>>>
>>>http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20060313-123146-7380r_page2.htm
>>>
>>
>>ROFLMAO
>>
>>""I don't want to overstate what is in the
documents," Mr. Hoekstra
>>said. "I certainly want to get them out because I think people are going
>>to find them very interesting." "
>>
>>Politics outweigh security?
>>
>>My I am shocked. Shocked that this person is somehow looking to
>>leak...in public....
>>
>>Gosh. So much for "This is classified & I never talk about
classified".....
>
>
> Guess you missed the fact it wasn't a leak.  It was given to a civilian
> contractor to translate in his house.  He made the decision to go
> public.  Nothing to do with the government. This has absolutely nothing to
> do with leaks.
>
> George


Gosh I am so shocked that Necroponte also happened to be involved e.g.:

"He said the office of John D. Negroponte, the director of national
intelligence, is now weighing the congressman's request to release 40 of
the 68 pages. "

But this has nothing to do with the government....really...not one
thing....so they must have nothing to release.....so what's Necroponte
talking about?

Chuckle.

& as for comments such as:

"In addition to the captured tapes, U.S. officials are analyzing
thousands of pages of newly translated Iraqi documents that tell of Saddam
seeking uranium from Africa in the mid-1990s. "

US Officials? Who pays their wages...? Nope no gov involvement there either...

& the level of non "non-involvement" revolves around

"The quote is from roughly 12 hours of taped conversations that
unexpectedly landed in the lap of Bill Tierney, a former Army warrant
officer and Arabic speaker who was translating for the FBI tapes unearthed
in Iraq after the invasion. "

Riiiiiight. Unexpectedly even though he was a former mil type working for
the US gov translating tapes.

Chuckle.

Adam

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