The Discerning Texan
All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.
-- Edmund Burke
-- Edmund Burke
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Report: ABC edited Saddam Hussein tape translations to make them "less offensive"
Anyone with even half a brain can see that the US news media quite simply hates the Bush Administration, and would do anything it possibly could to discredit it. But when a network goes out of its way to purposely alter the truth--particularly the words of a man who has personally been responsible for the murder of millions, all in the name of discrediting the Iraq war--it is time for Americans to wake up and smell the coffee. As someone who has always leaned towards the Libertarian side of the equation, even I recognize that we are rapidly reaching a point with the media in this country that censorship during a war--especially a war that could result in a nulear holocaust in a US City--is not only appropriate, but is absolutely necessary. Get a load of this report, from INDC Journal:
A stunning example of media deception, if true:
The FBI translator who supplied the 12 hours of Saddam Hussein audiotapes excerpted by ABC's "Nightline" Wednesday night now says the network discarded his translations and went with a less threatening version of the Iraqi dictator's comments.
"What you heard on ABC News was their translation," former U.N. weapons inspector Bill Tierney told ABC Radio's Sean Hannity on Thursday.
"They came up with something different on a key element regarding terrorism in the United States," Tierney insisted.
In the "Nightline" version of the 1996 recording, Saddam predicts that Washington, D.C., would be hit by terrorists. But he adds that Iraq would have nothing to do with the attack.
Tierney says, however, that what Saddam actually said was much more sinister. "He was discussing his intent to use chemical weapons against the United States and use proxies so it could not be traced back to Iraq," he told Hannity.
In a passage not used by "Nightline," Tierney says Saddam declares: "Terrorism is coming. ... In the future there will be terrorism with weapons of mass destruction. What if we consider this technique, with smuggling?"
Again, if verified, I'd say that this deserves some serious attention from the blogosphere.
This insult to the public's "right to know" by ABC is merely the latest partisan network disgrace, and you could go on forever listing them (Dan Rather, Chris Matthews, and Katic Couric come instantly to mind...). But when publications like the New York Times and the Washington Post--with the help of traitors within the Senate Intelligence Committee (Jay Rockefeller--are you listening?)--leak stories that actually are harmful to the security of the citizens of the United States, the "right to know" is trumped by our right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Particularly the right to stay alive. It is time for the Executive Branch to exercise its authority during wartime--the same authority that past Presidents such as Lincoln and FDR used--to pull the plug on the publication of anything that harms the war effort. The stakes could not be highter: it is time for censorship of the mainstream media.
A stunning example of media deception, if true:
The FBI translator who supplied the 12 hours of Saddam Hussein audiotapes excerpted by ABC's "Nightline" Wednesday night now says the network discarded his translations and went with a less threatening version of the Iraqi dictator's comments.
"What you heard on ABC News was their translation," former U.N. weapons inspector Bill Tierney told ABC Radio's Sean Hannity on Thursday.
"They came up with something different on a key element regarding terrorism in the United States," Tierney insisted.
In the "Nightline" version of the 1996 recording, Saddam predicts that Washington, D.C., would be hit by terrorists. But he adds that Iraq would have nothing to do with the attack.
Tierney says, however, that what Saddam actually said was much more sinister. "He was discussing his intent to use chemical weapons against the United States and use proxies so it could not be traced back to Iraq," he told Hannity.
In a passage not used by "Nightline," Tierney says Saddam declares: "Terrorism is coming. ... In the future there will be terrorism with weapons of mass destruction. What if we consider this technique, with smuggling?"
Again, if verified, I'd say that this deserves some serious attention from the blogosphere.
This insult to the public's "right to know" by ABC is merely the latest partisan network disgrace, and you could go on forever listing them (Dan Rather, Chris Matthews, and Katic Couric come instantly to mind...). But when publications like the New York Times and the Washington Post--with the help of traitors within the Senate Intelligence Committee (Jay Rockefeller--are you listening?)--leak stories that actually are harmful to the security of the citizens of the United States, the "right to know" is trumped by our right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Particularly the right to stay alive. It is time for the Executive Branch to exercise its authority during wartime--the same authority that past Presidents such as Lincoln and FDR used--to pull the plug on the publication of anything that harms the war effort. The stakes could not be highter: it is time for censorship of the mainstream media.
