This is from the December 18, 2005 program of Meet the Press.
Here is a link to MTP Condi Rice video and mp3s Of Her Meet The Press Interview
it’s still uploading as of 3:30pm on sunday the 18th. If it’s close to then, it’s still uploading…
I’m just watching this mornings Meet the Press with Condi Rice. Tim Russert is drilling her accordingly on why G.W. Bush isn’t violating the same laws that Nixon violated when he authorized secret wire tapping.
She pauses, struggles with her answer for a moment (although she does get one out) and then she ends it with “I am not a lawyer.”
She says it again later. (“Again, Tim, I am not a lawyer.”)
Well hey. If you’re not a lawyer, I guess there’s no need for you to understand it completely.
Even if you are Secretary of State for the United States of America. You have people that handle that for you.
“I’m not going to talk about my role as National Security Advisor …which of course is not a constitutionally confirmed role.”
What does that even mean?
The bottom line is that Bush authorized some wire tapping (without getting a proper warrant) and she knew about it.
I’m way behind on this one guys. I just got here.
But I’ll have her interview for ya in a few 🙂
Oh wait. this is good:
Tim Russert: “Where in the Constitution does it say the President can eavesdrop, wiretap American citizens, without a court order?”
Condi Rice: “Tim. The President has authorities under FISA, which we are using and using actively. He also has constitutional authorities that derive from his role as Commander in Chief and his need to protect the country. He has acted within his Constitutional authority and within his statutory authority.”
Category Archives: Bye-Bye Condi
Condi Rice On Meet The Press – August 8, 2004
This is from the August 8, 1004 program of
Meet the Press.
I’ve got it in two parts, and three parts (for those of you with less bandwidth) here.
The files are named accordingly:
Condi Rice On Meet The Press
I haven’t had a chance to examine this too closely. I just wanted to get it up in a timely manner for those of you who need the footage for your various projects.
One thing that did stand out was Condi’s insistance that they had very specific “casing reports” with regard to specific terrorist targets. This contradicts what Tom Ridge was saying a few weeks ago that they had no specifics whatsoever.
Also of interest is a question from Tim Russert about 4 minutes 50 seconds in, where he asks Condi head on if she feels whatever we accomplished over there was worth the lives of over 6,000 Iraqi’s and 1,000+ soldiers that were “officially” killed in the process. (This reminds me that I need to post a Bill Moyers story on how 1,000’s of American soldier casualties aren’t being included in the reports because they happen during “non-combat” situations. Like all the suicide bombings – soldiers killed in those don’t count…Somebody remind me if I don’t get this up in the next few days, ok? – Update 8/12/04 – someone found a link to the entry and real video of the show. (Thanks, Sol!) )
Eric Idle Says “Fuck You Very Much” To The Shrub, The FCC, Cheney, Condi, Arnie, and the Lot of Them
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This just in from Eric Idle:
The FCC Song.
Here’s
My mirror of the song, in case you have trouble with the first link.
Lyrics:
Here’s a little number I wrote the other day while out duck hunting with a judge.
Fuck you very much the FCC
Fuck you very much for fining me
Five thousand bucks a fuck
So I’m really out of luck
That’s more than Heidi Fleiss was charging me
So fuck you very much the FCC
for proving that free speech just isn’t free
Clear Channel’s a dear channel
So Howard Stern must go
Attorney General Ashcroft doesn’t like strong words and so
He’s charging twice as much as all the drugs for Rush Limbaugh
So fuck you all so very much
So fuck you very much, Dear Mr. Bush
For heroically sitting on your tush
For Halliburton, Enron, all the companies who fail
Let’s send them a clear signal and stick Martha straight in jail
She’s an uppity rich bitch
and at least she isn’t male
So fuck you all so very much
So fuck you dickhead Mr. Cheney too
Fuck you and fuck everything you do
Your pacemaker must be a fake
You haven’t got a heart
As far as I’m concerned you’re just a pasty-faced old fart
And as for Condoleeza she’s an intellectual tart
So fuck you all so very much
So fuck you very much, the EPA
For giving all Alaska’s oil away
It really is a bummer
When I can’t fill my hummer
The ozone’s a nogozone now that Arnold’s here to say:
“The nuclear winter games are going to take place in LA”
So fuck you all so very much
So what the planet fails
Let’s save the great white males
And fuck you all so very much
Colin Powell On Meet The Press
This is from the May 16, 2004 program of
Meet the Press.
This is pretty unbelievable. Colin Powell’s press aide attempted to put an early end to the interview by suddenly moving the camera away from Powell (right after Powell addresses the torture situation and right before Russert asks a hard-hitting question about the fake nigerian yellow cake WMD evidence he cited within his U.N. speech). Powell gets her out of the way somehow, manages to get the camera pointed in the right direction, and resumes the interview. You can hear him say “Emily, get out of the way.”
Here’s the clip that contains what I mention above (happens about half way through):
Colin Powell Clip – Meet The Press (12 MB)
It happens about half way through, right after Powell’s admission that he and numerous top officials, including Condi Rice and Rummy, were made aware of the torture situation via a report from the Red Cross they all received way back in mid-February 2004.
Update 4:49 pm: Use one of the three mirrors below:
Here’s the first mirror (of the interview parts one and two):
http://synthesize.us/~leif/weblog/mirror/05-16-04-colin.html
Thanks Leif!
Here’s a complete mirror (of all three clips):
Colin Powell On Meet The Press – Part 1 of 2
Colin Powell On Meet The Press – Part 2 of 2
Colin Powell On Meet The Press – Apology for Bogus WMD Evidence and Press Aide Interruption Highlights
Thanks Dave!
Here’s a second mirror (of all three clips):
Colin Powell On Meet The Press – Part 1 of 2
Colin Powell On Meet The Press – Part 2 of 2
Colin Powell On Meet The Press – Apology for Bogus WMD Evidence and Press Aide Interruption Highlights
Thanks Reid!
Third mirror of all three clips:
Colin Powell On Meet The Press – Part 1 of 2
Colin Powell On Meet The Press – Part 2 of 2
Colin Powell On Meet The Press – Apology for Bogus WMD Evidence and Press Aide Interruption Highlights
Thanks Steve!
Here’s a Fourth mirror (woo hoo!):
All three clips are located here.
Thanks Richard!
Not Sure What’s Going On With My Server/Links
This guy fixed some of my links, but the links that work from his page won’t work if I try to use them independently in my browser (as opposed to clicking on them from his page). I’m so confused 🙂
Thanks for any insight anyone has…
For now, go to his site to get to my Condi Rice links (weird).
Condi Rice’s 911 Testimony
Courtesy of t r u t h o u t and the NY Times.
I’ve been looking for a telling quote, but I’ve got to run. The whole thing is pretty incredible.
Condi Rice On 60 Minutes – Why She Can’t Testify
This is from the March 28, 2004 program of 60 Minutes.
This is all water under the bridge now, because we know now that she already testified. But I thought this would still be interesting to in retrospect.
Right click (PC) or click and hold (mac) and choose “save target” on the links below to download the clips via FTP:
Condi Rice On 60 Minutes – Complete (Small – 25 MB)
Condi Rice On 60 Minutes – Part 1 of 2 (Small – 14 MB)
Condi Rice On 60 Minutes – Part 2 of 2 (Small – 12 MB)
Daily Show On Condi Rice’s 911 Testimony
This is from the April 8, 2004 program.
If you’ve only got a minute or two, view this:
Best Of Condi 911 Testimony – Daily Show clip. (Small – 5 MB)
Here’s the whole thing in a single file and in two parts:
Condi 911 Testimony – Daily Show – Complete (Small – 18 MB)
Condi 911 Testimony – Daily Show – Part 1 of 2 (Small – 9 MB)
Condi 911 Testimony – Daily Show – Part 2 of 2 (Small – 9 MB)
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Daily Show On The Republican Response To Richard Clarke’s 911 Commission Testimony
This is from the March 29, 2004 program.
This bit includes clips of Richard Clarke’s testimony before the 911 Commission, the Republican’s retaliatory media frenzied response, Condi Rice on 60 Minutes (going up soon), Colin Powell’s rather mild criticisms, and Clarke on Meet the Press reading a highly complimentary note of thanks sent to Clarke from the Shrub after Clarke resigned his post. Meanwhile, CIA Outer Robert Novack accuses Clarke of being racist towards Condi Rice.
Repub’s Response To Clarke’s Testimony (Small – 16 MB)
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