Alright. Let's start over. What exactly in the US State Dept. press release leads
you to a conclusion other than the US got the documents first, when that is
explicitly pointed out in the government's own press briefing?
If you feel I've ignored a question you've raised, please remind me what it
Are you saying that the following doesn't say the US saw it first?
The U.S. government has made copies of the Iraqi weapons declaration and
distributed them to the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and
other council members with expertise to assess the declaration for
I quoted you the exact wording that made my point. I do not need to spin
anything. Here it is again, since you keep deleting it in your responses, so
please either do me the courtesy of addressing the issue, or admit either apathy
(which is fine if you're tired of discussing it) or error:
This just isn't true, I'm afraid. They were *delivered* to the Security Council,
but the US still managed to get first crack at them. An excerpt from the US State
Dept. briefing:
Reeker, the spokesman for the State Department, on 10/12/02:
The U.S. government has made copies of the Iraqi weapons
Marc Schindler:
This just isn't true, I'm afraid. They were *delivered* to the
Security Council, but the US still managed to get first crack
at them. An excerpt from the US State Dept. briefing: ...
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This just is true, I'm afraid. And your excerpt begins by
saying just what
Jon Spencer wrote:
So let me get this straight. First you postulate that the Americans took
the materials first to hide the Pakistani connection. Then you use that
supposition to say That's what I've been saying all along: Pakistan is far
more dangerous to you than Iraq.
Did I get this
No, Larry -- the U.S. insisted on looking it over first before giving it to other
permanent members of the Security Council, which is only 5 nations (technically
speaking, not the UN -- that implies the General Assembly). This was public
news, I'm not making it up. Here's a post to an official US
Marc Schindler:
By now I'm sure all of you have heard of the material the
Iraqi government turned over to the Security Council. The
U.S. took it before other Security Council members could
look at it, with the excuse that they wanted to make sure
certain parts having to do with recipes for
