Condi on "16 words" in SOTU: "Maybe we should have remembered. We didn't."

[sabra]

http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2007/apr/83960.htm

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SECRETARY RICE: Well, first of all, George, I have answered these questions for Congressman Waxman by letter and also in the questions for the record as a part of my own confirmation hearing. The fact of the matter is that we have made very -- we made very clear at the time that the Niger issue was in the National Intelligence Estimate. I've said, and I said in my letter to Chairman Waxman, that I did not remember, didn't recall, that there had been a memorandum from the CIA at the time, three and a half months before the State of the Union, saying that this should be taken out of the Cincinnati speech. And Steve Hadley has attested to the same thing. Maybe we should have remembered. We didn't.

But the fact is that this is one of the most investigated issues that I can remember. It was investigated by the Senate Select Intelligence Committee. It was investigated by the bipartisan commission of Larry Silberman and Chuck Robb.

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Look, I was National Security Advisor. I feel responsibility for the fact that something got in the President's speech that in retrospect probably shouldn't have. But the fact of the matter is we all thought at the time that it was in the State of the Union that it was a credible claim. It was in the National Intelligence Estimate. It had been in the British report which the President cited and --

QUESTION: George Tenet writes that it had been taken out not out of one speech, not just the October speech. He writes in this book it had also been taken out by you from a September speech.

SECRETARY RICE: George, this claim has been investigated and investigated and investigated. I would just ask people to go back and read the multiple reports about this particular incident. Go back and read all that is on the public record. Go back and read my answers to --

[Roland99]

1. That LYING F-ING @#$^@#$^!!!!!

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:


I despise that vile POS @#$^@#$^@#$^@#$^ ASDFGW$^#$&^@#$^#@$^ more than any other thing on this planet!!



What a fucking LIAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sabra]

2. lies are all she has left...

[Atman]

3. The "I forget" defense is getting very, very old.

What are these people, shitfaced drunk every day? They can't seem to remember anything. For that reason alone the whole lot of them should be impeached!

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[wordpix]

6. I do not recall that I remembered but I forgot---but everything was done correctly

Condiliar is taking from the Book of Gone-zo, paraphrased.

[EstimatedProphet]

4. WHAT?!?!

How the fuck do you NOT REMEMBER THAT IRAQ DOESN' HAVE WMDS?

[HCE SuiGeneris]

7. It's not like it has any bearing on her job...

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[blm]

5. CHUCK ROBB is another Coverup Democrat that gets tapped for these 'investigations' just like Lee

Hamilton.

Gee - wonder why these investigations never use REAL experts like Gary Hart (D) and Warren Rudman (R)?

[The Count]

13. Didn't he use to write for..Newsmax? (unless I'm mixing my chucks)

[blm]

14. You may be thinking of Chuck Todd from CQ - groomed by Gingrich back in the 90s.

Hotline now, I think.

[Supersedeas]

8. another incompetence check...yep, roger that...that's a confirmation

[AndyA]

9. Our current government leaders have very bad memories.

It would seem they aren't qualified nor responsible enough for their jobs.

They should be removed from office. During these dangerous times, we need people who know what they're doing, and don't forget important life and death details!

IMPEACH THE WHOLE LOT OF THEM!!

[H2O Man]

10. "implausible deniability"

She is not even a good liar. Just a liar.

[The Count]

11. "OOPS"! THERE'S A LOT OF THAT GOING AROUND THESE DAYS!

Oops! I voted for war! Oops! I lied about war! oops! I went to prostitutes while cutting funds from countries for prostitution! Oops! I was sure the mission was accomplished.
Any consequences for any of them boo-boos?

[Atman]

12. Maybe she just "forgot" to show W the "Usama determined to attack" memo, too.

No, no...that was someone else forget. It's really seems to be an epidemic...someone should check the White House water supply!

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[Javaman]

15. more of the selective amnesia that seems to plague this admin*.

assholes

[Monk06]

16. Note on language and memory.

Failing to recall something is synonymous with forgetting
something.

By definition you can't fail to recall or forget something
unless you had previous knowledge of it.

More simply, you can't forget what you never knew.

She knew the Niger story was fake. Forgetting that it was
fake is no defense. Especially since the Bush Junta tried
so hard to discredit Wilson and Plame.

How could they forget the fact that the Junta dropped everything
to bury/discredit the story leading up to the SOTU address.

[Beaverhausen]

17. She told Russert on June 8, 2003 that they just "forgot" that Tenent asked them to take it out

on Meet the Press. That transcript is gone from MTP's website, but if you have a copy of "Uncovered" you can see her say it.

Like- Oops, we just forgot. Our bad.

Why is she not in jail???