The Bush admin and GOP: colliding lies

State Dept. Confirms Rice CIA Briefing

Secretary Of State's Spokesman Says She Met With CIA Chief in July 2001, But Information Was 'Not New'

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 3, 2006

(AP) Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice did receive a CIA briefing about terror threats just about two months before the Sept. 11 attacks, but the information was not new, her chief spokesman said.

In doing so, Sean McCormack confirmed a meeting — on July 10, 2001 — that his boss had said repeatedly she could not specifically recall. She had said earlier that there were virtually daily meetings at the time.

A new book by reporter Bob Woodward of Watergate fame describes the White House meeting as an emergency wakeup call that Rice had brushed off. Rice was President Bush's national security adviser at the time; she was promoted to the top diplomatic job last year.

Although spokesmen for the State Department and the National Security Council indicated Sunday that such a meeting had taken place, Rice was still saying Monday that she was not sure about it. She said she would have remembered the sort of forceful warning the book claims was conveyed there.

"We can confirm that a meeting took place on or around July 10, 2001," McCormack said late Monday.

more...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/03/politics/main2059013.shtml

Snip...

• The National Intelligence Estimate declare that the war in Iraq in increasing terrorism worldwide

• Colin Powell say he was fired

• Rice is on the verge of having to resign.

• Bill Frist say that the Taliban should rule Afghanistan

• The White House met with Jack Abramoff 485 times, and had a huge amount of influence.

• Bob Woodward comes out with a book saying the Bush administration is lying about Iraq.

• Droves of Republicans are under investigation for something.

Snip...

• For five years, most of the Republican leadership covered up for and protected a Republican congressman / sexual predator who was targeting young pages who worked on Capitol Hill. And the establishment media is saying jus that.

Snip...

• The Republican response has been to blame the pages, blame each other, block investigations, call the incident unimportant, blatant lying, and show once again just how homophobic and ignorant they really are. Because defenses like that really work.

more…

http://www.mydd.com/story/2006/10/2/202150/034