BWAH HAH HAH HAH - UK Plagerizes Anti-Iraq Report

[uh Clem]

BBC has a story on this (great interview w/Glenda Jackson, too), but I haven't been able to find any mention at NYT, CNN, CBS, MSNBC, or (needless to say) FAUX. Maybe it's there, but it certainly isn't prominent. I find this hard to believe because I know that the left-wing American news media wouldn't want to pass up an opportunity to embarass the administration.

I'll keep looking.

[MikeH]

Yeah, it's in all the news sources here.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Politics/foreignaffairs/story/0,11538,890917,00.html

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1-569669,00.html

[CerberusIV]

It was all over our TV news last night so viewers in the USA may get it this evening. The best part is that Colin Powell apparently praised this report in his address to the UN.

The most favoured explanation is that British Intelligence (MI6) would not release genuine information so someone threw this report together for the sake of saying something. The last report from MI6 concluded there was no link between Saddam and Al-Q, and it was not widely publicised by the 10 Downing Street press office.

[Kropotkin]

Not that I'm the first but:

[MikeH]

Originally posted by CerberusIV The most favoured explanation is that British Intelligence (MI6) would not release genuine information so someone threw this report together for the sake of saying something. The last report from MI6 concluded there was no link between Saddam and Al-Q, and it was not widely publicised by the 10 Downing Street press office.

The opposite in fact. It was leaked then denied by the government.

[uh Clem]

CNN does have it now, although it's under 'World' news, not 'SHOWDOWN: IRAQ.'

No sense bothering Americans about it.

UK accused of lifting dossier text

[Ramo]

Beautiful.

[RGBVideo]

Bump.

[Solly]

The government never claimed exclusive authorship.

But of course - the left avoid the facts and just try to spin.

[Hurricane]

I feel so much better now, after having "borrowed" "some" internet texts when I wrote all kinds of papers during my university studies.