[cia-drugs] Rumsfeld Colbert-ed by CIA man (video)

[Linda Minor]

http://alternet.org/blogs/peek/35855/ Posted by Evan Derkacz at 2:09 PM on May 4, 2006. It's contagious. CIA vet Ray McGovern, whose articles frequently appear on AlterNet, stood up today and asked Rumsfeld why he lied to the American people about WMD. From John Amato, who has the VIDEO: Rumsfeld: ...it appears that there were not weapons of mass destruction there. McGovern: You said you knew where they were. Rumsfeld: I did not. I said I knew where suspect sites were and... McGovern: You said you knew where they were. Tikrit, Baghdad, northeast, south, west of there. Those are your words. Rumsfeld: My words-my words were that-no-no, wait a minute--wait a minute. Let him stay one second. Just a second.... Man, did McGovern screw the pooch on this one. What Rummy actually said was: "We know where they are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat." See the wording? The way it's all out of order and inexact? Unfortunately, much as he was thrown off his game and forced to lie to cover his earlier lie and then lie again when it came to al Qaeda/Saddam connections, Rumsfeld gets to play the part of the elder statesman to the sheep-like audience who boo and want McGovern kicked out. No no, Rummy says, keep him in here. The following questioner, unfortunately cut off at the end of the video, couldn't have been more advantageous, all but urinating on McGovern and fellating the Secretary.  Rummy called out in Atlanta!  (Crooks & Liars) Ray McGovern, who was in the CIA for twenty seven years asked him why he lied about the run-up to the Iraq war. Rumsfeld then proceeded to lie to McGovern to cover up his earlier statements about WMD's being in Iraq. He also tries to use the troops in his defense, a terrible strategy, but not uncommon unfortunately. Notice, at the end of the clip, Ray gets vilified for asking Rumsfeld some pointed questions. We can't have that, no-no-no.... reader DoverB comes through: MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: Finally, weapons of mass destruction. Key goal of the military campaign is finding those weapons of mass destruction. None have been found yet. There was a raid on the Answar Al-Islam Camp up in the north last night. A lot of people expected to find ricin there. None was found. How big of a problem is that? And is it curious to you that given how much control U.S. and coalition forces now have in the country, they haven't found any weapons of mass destruction? SEC. RUMSFELD: Not at all. If you think -- let me take that, both pieces -- the area in the south and the west and the north that coalition forces control is substantial. It happens not to be the area where weapons of mass destruction were dispersed. We know where they are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat. THIS Week transcript... Update: Here's the transcript of the clip... (h/t Marcus)