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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 12:59 PM
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WH Media Memo: Don't report Cheney's exact Baghdad location

http://wonkette.com/politics/dept'-of-incompetent-information-control/news-alert-cheney-is-not-at-that-one-place-in-baghdad-259049.php

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For security reasons, the vice pres’s office is strongly requesting we no longer report that the vice president is at the {REDACTED} in Baghdad. Instead they are requesting all networks to just say “Baghdad”

They realize his location has already been reported, but are asking nonetheless that we discontinue reporting the exact location.

Specifically, the LIVE 11amET joint press avail (Cheney, Petraeus, and Crocker) poses a concern for the VP’s office if we say that it is at the {REDACTED}. Therefore, we’re being asked to simply locate as “Baghdad”.

If anyone would like it LIVE, the {REDACTED} is shooting it and we will have the the coordinates shortly.


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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 01:06 PM
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1. I guess they are afraid of too many flower-throwers showing up wherever Cheney is.
:shrug:
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 01:08 PM
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2. From Reuters, 4 hours ago --hint hint--it rhymes with Mean Bone:

"An explosion, apparently caused by a mortar bomb, also rattled windows at the building in the fortified Green Zone where Cheney and reporters traveling with him were working."

Duh.

Where t.f. ELSE would he be?
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donkeyotay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 01:10 PM
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3. That was one scary presser from that giant embassy
What was with that quasi-presidential seal behind Cheney? I think they don't want the American people to know about the embassy. They don't want the American people to know about the oil contracts.
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MethuenProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 01:12 PM
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4. Ribbon cutting at George W. Bush Square?
For crying out loud, he's directly beneath the 18 circling helicopters.
Redact that, Agent Mike.
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