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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (22111)	7/17/2003 4:17:57 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 93284

LIAR, LIAR PANTS AFIRE Tenet's testimony.... It seems to me Tenet is digging himself deeper and deeper into the sandpit.... washingtonpost.com Yesterday, he testifies that his staff didn't bring the the SOTU/Niger issue to his attention. But he also acknowledges that he personnally had it removed in Oct. Yesterday, the Democratic senator said Tenet was repeatedly asked why the CIA permitted the allegation in the address, especially since Tenet had interceded with the White House to remove a more detailed reference to the claim from a Bush speech on Oct. 7. "There was mixed reaction to his answers as to why they compromised after he told us how dubious and incredible the intelligence was," said the senator, who insisted on anonymity. LIAR, LIAR PANTS AFIRE jttmab

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (22111)	7/17/2003 4:40:53 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93284

There's actually some good news out there....it's really small, but at least it's good....good news for the democracy is hard to come by since Bumble Lips Bush came in. The House Appropriations Committee moved in a bipartisan vote yesterday to block the Federal Communications Commission from easing a rule that limits ownership concentration in commercial television markets. An amendment approved in a 40 to 25 vote applies to a June 2 FCC decision that would allow networks to acquire stations that reach as much as 45 percent of the national television audience. By preventing the FCC from spending money to carry out its ruling, the committee's action effectively would keep the current limit of 35 percent.... washingtonpost.com