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May 1, 2007 at 19:29:12

Durbin Gives Edwards More to Apologize For

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Below is a transcript of Durbin’s statement.

Statement of Sen. Durbin on InconsistencyBetween Intelligence Briefings and Bush Administration StatementsSpeech on the Senate Floor April 28, 2007

“A few hundred feet away from here in a closed room, carefully guarded, the Intelligence Committee was meeting on a daily basis for top secret briefings about the information we were receiving and the information we had on the Intelligence Committee was not the same information that was being given to the American people. I couldn’t believe it. Members of this administration were in active heated debate over whether aluminum tubes really meant that the Iraqis were developing nuclear weapons some within the administration were saying of course not it is not the same kind of aluminum tube. At the same time members of the administration were telling the American people to be fearful of mushroom shaped clouds. I was angry about it. Frankly, I could not do much about it cause you see, on the Intelligence Committee we’re sworn to secrecy. I could not go outside the door and say the statement made yesterday by the WH is in direct contradiction to classified information that’s being given to this Congress. We can’t do that. We couldn’t make those statements.

“So, in my frustration I sat here on the floor of the Senate and listened to this heated debate about invading Iraq and thinking the American people are being misled. They are not being told the truth. That’s why I twenty-two members of my colleagues in voting no. I did not feel at the time that the American people knew the real facts.

“So what happened, we invaded, turned loose, hundreds if not thousands of people looking for these weapons of mass destruction. Never found one of them. Looked for nuclear weapons, no evidence whatsoever.”

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Kevin Zeese is Executive Director of the Campaign for Fresh Air and Clean Politics (www.FreshAirCleanPolitics.net) whose projects include Voters for Peace (www.VotersForPeace.US., True Vote (www.TrueVote.US and www.TrueVoteMD.org) and Climate Security (www.GlobalClimateSecurity.org). He is also president of Common Sense for Drug Policy (www.csdp.org).

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I can only add this as I added it many times

One of the practical lessons inculcated by the history that has now been released is that no duty is more certain, none more important, than a free and fearless expression of opinion by all persons, on all occasions. No wise or philosophical person would think of complaining of the diversities of sentiment it is likely to develop. Such diversities are the vital principle of free communities and the only elements of popular intelligence. If the right to utter them is asserted by all and for all, tolerance is secured, and no inconvenience results. It is probable that there were many persons in 1692 who doubted the propriety of the proceedings at their commencement, but who were afterwards prevailed upon to fall into the current and swell the tide. If they had all discharged their duty to their country and their consciences by freely and boldly uttering their disapprobation and declaring their dissent, who can tell but the whole tragedy might have been prevented? and if it might, the blood of the innocent may be said, in one sense, to be upon their heads.

Charles W. Upham

Salem Witchcraft, Volume 2, originally published in 1867.

by Mark Sashine (53 articles, 19 quicklinks, 249 diaries, 3574 comments) on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 at 11:46:18 AM

56 year old African American middle class worker who usually votes Democrat )I voted for a Republican exactly ONCE). Moderate in most opinions (I think). Atheist.
jnik56 year old African American middle class worker who usually votes Democrat )I voted for a Republican exactly ONCE). Moderate in most opinions (I think). Atheist.

Bring it out!

If this is true, it needs to be shouted from the (virtual) rooftops! The MSM can't be trusted to bring this out in the open! Both candidates should be confronted with this NOW and HARD!

by jnik (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 22 comments) on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 at 7:58:42 PM

I am a retired Senior Citizen who is dedicated to this Country and always interested in, and motivated to Learn...Know.. and have understanding of what will best bring forth change for a better society for all..
VGFlickI am a retired Senior Citizen who is dedicated to this Country and always interested in, and motivated to Learn...Know.. and have understanding of what will best bring forth change for a better society for all..

Durbin Gives Edwards More to Apologize For'

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