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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dan B. who wrote (76328)	5/21/2006 4:19:04 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

I bet this wrong guy did a better interview than Bush. BBC News 'wrong Guy' is revealed Guy Goma, a graduate from the Congo, appeared on the news channel in place of an IT expert after a mix-up. But Mr Goma, who was wrongly identified in the press as a taxi driver, was really at the BBC for a job interview. Mr Goma said his appearance was "very stressful" and wondered why the questions were not related to the data support cleanser job he applied for. The mix-up occurred when a producer went to collect the expert from the wrong reception in BBC Television Centre in West London. The producer asked for Guy Kewney, editor of Newswireless.net, who was due to be interviewed about the Apple vs Apple court case. After being pointed in Mr Goma's direction by a receptionist, the producer - who had seen a photo of the real expert - checked: "Are you Guy Kewney?" The economics and business studies graduate answered in the affirmative and was whisked up to the studio. Business presenter Karen Bowerman, who was to interview the expert, managed to get a message to the editor that the guest seemed "very breathless and nervous". Mr Goma was eventually asked three questions live on air, assuming this was an interview situation. It was only later that it was discovered that Mr Kewney was still waiting in reception - prompting producers to wonder who their wrong man was. 'Happy to return' Mr Goma said his interview was "very short", but he was prepared to return to the airwaves and was "happy to speak about any situation". He added that next time he would insist upon "preparing myself". A BBC spokeswoman said: "This has turned out to be a genuine misunderstanding. "We've looked carefully at our guest procedures and will take every measure to ensure this doesn't happen again." news.bbc.co.uk

To: Dan B. who wrote (76328)	5/22/2006 2:20:52 AM
From: Orcastraiter	Respond to of 81568

Apparently Americans tapped. Bush lied...EOM

To: Dan B. who wrote (76328)	5/22/2006 1:23:42 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

I expect you to keep up with the news before you go on personal attacks on me to accuse me of changing topics to suit my convenience. Originally, I had posted a humorous rebuttal about the mistaken guy's BBC interview. Thought, you would lighten up. Anyway, here is giving it back to you. I am hoping that you got an opportunity to watch "Meet the Press" show yesterday wherein the ABC reporter Brian Ross was interviewed. You could have heard all this from him directly. For all I can tell, either you are way behind on the news and insisting on sticking with your wrong ideas about Bush or you maybe a Govt. agent lurking on the thread to see who could be added onto the secret database that Bush is building. either way I don't care. Enjoy this read. UPDATE: FBI Source Confirms ABC Report on Monitoring of Reporters' Calls By E&P Staff Published: May 15, 2006 11:40 AM ET updated 7:00 PM NEW YORK Brian Ross and Richard Esposito of ABC News reported on the networks "The Blotter" web site this morning that a senior federal law enforcement official had informed them that "the government is tracking the phone numbers we call in an effort to root out confidential sources." This source quipped: "It's time for you to get some new cell phones, quick." Late Monday, the ABC reporters updated their account: "The FBI acknowledged late Monday that it is increasingly seeking reporters’ phone records in leak investigations. “It used to be very hard and complicated to do this, but it no longer is in the Bush administration,” said a senior federal official. He said it wasn't so much that the calls were being "tracked" as "backtracked." In the earlier report, the two journalists wrote: "We do not know how the government determined who we are calling, or whether our phone records were provided to the government as part of the recently-disclosed NSA collection of domestic phone calls. "Other sources have told us that phone calls and contacts by reporters for ABC News, along with the New York Times and the Washington Post, are being examined as part of a widespread CIA leak investigation. One former official was asked to sign a document stating he was not a confidential source for New York Times reporter James Risen. "Our reports on the CIA's secret prisons in Romania and Poland were known to have upset CIA officials. People questioned by the FBI about leaks of intelligence information say the CIA was also disturbed by ABC News reports that revealed the use of CIA predator missiles inside Pakistan. "Under Bush Administration guidelines, it is not considered illegal for the government to keep track of numbers dialed by phone customers. "The official who warned ABC News said there was no indication our phones were being tapped so the content of the conversation could be recorded. A pattern of phone calls from a reporter, however, could provide valuable clues for leak investigators." The FBI acknowledged late Monday that it is increasingly seeking reporters’ phone records in leak investigations. “It used to be very hard and complicated to do this, but it no longer is in the Bush administration,” said a senior federal official. The acknowledgement followed our blotter item that ABC News reporters had been warned by a federal source that the government knew who we were calling. The official said our blotter item was wrong to suggest that ABC News phone calls were being “tracked.” “Think of it more as backtracking,” said a senior federal official. But FBI officials did not deny that phone records of ABC News, the New York Times and the Washington Post had been sought as part of a investigation of leaks at the CIA. In a statement, the FBI press office said its leak investigations begin with the examination of government phone records. “The FBI will take logical investigative steps to determine if a criminal act was committed by a government employee by the unauthorized release of classified information,” the statement said. Officials say that means that phone records of reporters will be sought if government records are not sufficient. Officials say the FBI makes extensive use of a new provision of the Patriot Act which allows agents to seek information with what are called National Security Letters (NSL). The NSLs are a version of an administrative subpoena and are not signed by a judge. Under the law, a phone company receiving a NSL for phone records must provide them and may not divulge to the customer that the records have been given to the government. editorandpublisher.com