Posted by
William Sandry on Monday, May 07, 2007 2:27:06 AM
On May 6, 2007 Meet the Press announced the headline that “Weapons of mass destruction were never found” in Iraq. This is not true. How can a leading news organization not know, or ignore, what has been reported by other equally respectable news organizations? The BBC reported in July 2004 that we found 1.77 metric tons of enriched uranium and 1,000 “highly radioactive sources” in Iraq. According the James Woolsey, the CIA Director under Clinton, that is enough to make approximately 150 nuclear bombs (each weighing 20-25 lbs.).
In August 2005 it was reported by the Washington Post (with photo) that we found approximately 1,500 gallons (about 6 tons) of chemicals for chemical weapons that were “destined for attacks on American and Iraqi forces, and civilians. . .” Russert failed to mention this on May 6th when he said, “Weapons of mass destruction were never found.” Why does the show not disclose these, and other findings of WMD’s to us, but rather it continues to engage in misinforming the public? Is this intentional?
It would have been enlightening if Russert would have asked George Tenent who cleared Senator Rockefeller to go to Arab states neighboring Iraq, just before our invasion, and tell them about our plan to invade Iraq. Rockefeller admitted this on national TV. Oddly enough it was about this time when 18 wheeler convoys were observed going from Baghdad to Syria as well as the flights by the gutted 727 and 747 that were reported to be carrying WMD’s to Syria. If such a disclosure to foreign countries was authorized, why didn’t the Secretary of State do it?
When asked about finding these weapons, and whether they are secured and not available to our enemies, neither Senator Harry Reid or Representative Nancy Pelosi (or NBC for that matter) have denied these reports or cared enough to investigate and report the security of these weapons. “Meet the Press” and members of Congress should be more concerned about reporting all the facts, as well as assuring us of the security of these weapons than on covering up information and not telling us the truth.