Node Of Evil - Fair And Balanced Reporting

Friday, November 19, 2004

 
From CNN:


'...The National Council of Resistance of Iran -- which is on the U.S. State Department's list of terrorist organizations --revealed satellite photographs this week it said showed a hidden nuclear plant in Iran, allegations the Iranians denied.'

'"This allegation is timed to coincide with the next meeting of the board of governors of the IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency]," Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Hussein Moussavian, said. "And every time just before the meeting there are these kind of allegations either from the United States or terrorist groups. And every time these allegations have proven to be false."'

'Powell, en route to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Santiago, Chile, told reporters he had seen intelligence that appears to "corroborate" the resistance group's information.'

'And the State Department stands by Powell's comments, saying the information he cited offered a "firm basis for his remarks."'

'"The secretary did not misspeak," deputy spokesman Adam Ereli said. "The secretary knows exactly what he was talking about. And there should be, I think, no question in our mind of casting doubt or walking it back."'


And here we go down the rabbit hole. I guess if, at a future date, someone asks if Powell "misspoke" we have specific confirmation that he did not misspeak. That's comforting...

Andrew 3:54 PM : |

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