Dowd-Weapons of Mass Redaction

This one is the bomb. Better read the original for
its blacked out words, which much of what the 9/11 report
is reported to be.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/23/opinion/23DOWD.html?ex=1059934888&ei=1&en=fae679d3c4286247

Weapons of Mass Redaction
By MAUREEN DOWD

This correspondence from the Office of the Vice President to the ambassador to the U.S. was redacted by the Office of the Vice President for national and electoral security reasons:

Dear Prince bin ,

Thank you, my friend, for the falcon. It survived the trip on your Gulfstream. It is now eating small endangered woodland creatures at my Jackson Hole ranch.

We are pumped about the double rubout of the Hussein boys. We really needed that win. It could be a game-changer for us. The stock market killed on the killings. And the timing will help cover your royal , too.

When the 9/11 commission report comes out tomorrow, I think you will be well satisfied with our efforts to keep you guys out of it.

We have almost as much experience as you at keeping private matters veiled. It's not good to overburden the American people with too much complicated information.

-continued-

Hilarious! I'll give MoDo kudos on this one...

love it! Maureen Dowd has hit the nail on the head.

Definitely got to read the original...

also. Probably on smirkingchimp.com also.

Wish we could've seen more over the last year, but we'll take it.

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