Dear NBC, Don't be Judith Miller.
CNN has a pretty important story. The TSA issued a recent security bulletin threatening that terrorists might be making "dry runs" at airports. The problem is that the TSA also knew that every specific example cited as a "dry run" in the bulletin was known to be an innocent circumstance.
Funny, though, the title of the memo doesn't seem to reflect that knowledge.
In other words, a memo was written and sent out to TSA personnel citing examples of a threats that they knew weren't threats. Now, why would they do that?
According to the AP, the memo was originally written on July 20, but wasn't "noticed" until July 24th, (coincidentally) the evening after George Bush made his speech saying Al Qaeda and Bin Laden 118 times in 29 minutes with Karl Rove watching from the audience.
Somebody should ask NBC News who pointed them to this bulletin, because they were used by this administration to push this false terror threat to bolster this administration's efforts to prop up its Iraq policy.
(Also, who was responsible for the memo in the first place? On July 20th, the administration would certainly know that president was going to make the Al Qaeda speech.)
Who pumped up the threat so conveniently? Who brought it to national attention?
Dear NBC, don't be Judith Miller. Tell us what happened.
(The same evening after the Bush speech, the US Military NorthCom commander also spoke about Al Qaeda cells in the US, "As for attacks, he added: "Am I concerned that this will happen this summer? I have to be concerned that it could happen any day."
Just too convenient.)
Funny, though, the title of the memo doesn't seem to reflect that knowledge.
The bulletin is titled "Incidents at U.S. Airports May Suggest Possible Pre-Attack Probing." It is labeled "For Official Use Only."
In other words, a memo was written and sent out to TSA personnel citing examples of a threats that they knew weren't threats. Now, why would they do that?
According to the AP, the memo was originally written on July 20, but wasn't "noticed" until July 24th, (coincidentally) the evening after George Bush made his speech saying Al Qaeda and Bin Laden 118 times in 29 minutes with Karl Rove watching from the audience.
Somebody should ask NBC News who pointed them to this bulletin, because they were used by this administration to push this false terror threat to bolster this administration's efforts to prop up its Iraq policy.
(Also, who was responsible for the memo in the first place? On July 20th, the administration would certainly know that president was going to make the Al Qaeda speech.)
Who pumped up the threat so conveniently? Who brought it to national attention?
Dear NBC, don't be Judith Miller. Tell us what happened.
(The same evening after the Bush speech, the US Military NorthCom commander also spoke about Al Qaeda cells in the US, "As for attacks, he added: "Am I concerned that this will happen this summer? I have to be concerned that it could happen any day."
Just too convenient.)
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