> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bryon Daly > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 01:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Saddam not captured, but liberated? > > > Yes, I did read it. At least twice. The article suggests > that the US > wouldn't want to get Saddam through using a tip-off, for > reason of national > pride. I mention the money because it is proof that the US > *was* willing to > use a tip-off to get the sons, and quite publicly discussed > it, which I > don't think would be significantly different on the > national-pride thing.
*suggests* but doesn't posit that as a sole reason. > >Further.. hell yeah, I'd negotiate the reward money if I was a > >low-level > >flunky in Dr Evil's empire. You bet your ass I wouldn't > accept a check, and > >cash? Forget it! You think I'd live more than about 2 > minutes after > >driving a car out of the US Embassy loaded with $25M in $100 bills > > I rather imagined a free ticket to the US, England, or > wherever else they > wanted would be included, and that the money would safely be > deposited in > any bank of the tipster's choice. And while the tipsters > might not want to > trust us, we had already demonstrated that we were willing to > make good on the money promise, with the sons' tipster. I would definately want passage out of Iraq if I turned in the boss.. but not in a Stryker or a helicopter ^_^ > >(do you understand exactly how BULKY even $1M in $100 bills is? > >http://www.cockeyed.com/inside/million/million.html ) > > Yes I do. I worked in the high-security bulk/coin teller > area of a bank > headquarters. I've wheeled carts around containing $4-5 > million in cash and > seen piles of $20-50 million. It is actually surprisingly, almost > disappointingly, small, when you see it. I don't think so at all; most Americans see small briefcases of millions and millions of dollars "here is zee suitcase with zee $10 Meel-yon dough-lahrs, meester Bond.." ..so actually seeing even $2M is impressive (and yeah, I've seen multiple millions myself, in person at poker tournements.. hell, I was impressed ^_^) > side note: $1 > million was stolen from that area just a few weeks after I > left the job! > They never caught anyone for it, even though access to the area was > restricted to at most about a dozen people, and the place was > littered with > cameras. I have my suspicions about who did it, though.) Wasn't that right before you bought that house and the Hummer? ;) > >Yeah, they'll just head down to the local Money Tree or > other Pay-Day > >Loan > >company and cash that puppy... > > No, of course not, as I say above. I was just being a bit > flippant - the giant check would be for PR purposes. Heh.. giant check.. the first thing I thougth was they'd bring out a giant fake check like at the end of golf tournaments... > >They didn't. The AK-47s were above ground, and the Pentagon has > >quickly > >yet quietly backed away from the story that Saddam had a pistol. > > The article states "Left with him were two AK-47 assault guns > and a pistol". > I haven't seen anything about this and even read a bried > blurb about one > of the Iraqi CPA leaders asking Saddam why he didn't use his > pistol (I don't > remember the exact reply, but it wasn't "I didn't have a > pistol"). Do you > have a link to any news articles about him having no pistol? I'll dig a little; juan cole or instapundit or buzzflash had it (my "liberal" sources)..I distinctly remember it was a left-leaning source, though, because it was tucked in with other "liberal" items.. > >Lovely. Did we do the work ourselves, or is this how some > unspecified > >3rd > >country is > >participating in the Coalition? > > You seem to be assuming that "hard" interrogation means > torture. Do you > think that there are no acceptable strong means of > interrogation that don't involve torture? Don't be absurd. Of course I know that. -j- _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
