someone needs to be watching the government.
transcription of an interview with donald rumsfeld. video available right here
rumsfeld:
some people and a few other critics are the only one's i've heard use the phrase "immediate threat". I didn't. The president didn't. (waving gesture with his hands) And uhm, its become kinda folklore that that's, that's what happened. The president went-
grey haired guy:
you're saying that nobody in the administration said that?
rums: (gesturing more)
i can't speak for nobody, everybody in the administration and say that nobody said that.
grey haired guy:
the vice president didn't say that?
rums:
not.. if if you have any citations, uhm, i'd like to see them (arms open)
dark haired guy: (first cut screen)
we have here that "some have argued..." this is you speaking. "some have argued that the nuclear threat from iraq is not imminent, that Saddam is at least five to seven years away from having nuclear weapons. I would not be so certain." - Donald Rumsfeld (sept 18th 2002.)
rums:
mm hmm. mm hmm. and and uh-
dark haired guy:
close to imminent, heh heh.
rums:
well uhm, i, i've tried to be precise and i've tried to be accurate. im so s- (gesturing with hands)
dark haired guy: (second cut screen)
"No terror state poses a greater or more immediate threat to the security of our people and the stability of the world than the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq." - Donald Rumsfeld(september 18th 2002)
rums:
mm hmm. uhmm, ehhh eh... my view of the situation was that... he he had... We, we believe the best intelligence that we had... (video fades)
its time for the deception to stop.
rumsfeld:
some people and a few other critics are the only one's i've heard use the phrase "immediate threat". I didn't. The president didn't. (waving gesture with his hands) And uhm, its become kinda folklore that that's, that's what happened. The president went-
grey haired guy:
you're saying that nobody in the administration said that?
rums: (gesturing more)
i can't speak for nobody, everybody in the administration and say that nobody said that.
grey haired guy:
the vice president didn't say that?
rums:
not.. if if you have any citations, uhm, i'd like to see them (arms open)
dark haired guy: (first cut screen)
we have here that "some have argued..." this is you speaking. "some have argued that the nuclear threat from iraq is not imminent, that Saddam is at least five to seven years away from having nuclear weapons. I would not be so certain." - Donald Rumsfeld (sept 18th 2002.)
rums:
mm hmm. mm hmm. and and uh-
dark haired guy:
close to imminent, heh heh.
rums:
well uhm, i, i've tried to be precise and i've tried to be accurate. im so s- (gesturing with hands)
dark haired guy: (second cut screen)
"No terror state poses a greater or more immediate threat to the security of our people and the stability of the world than the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq." - Donald Rumsfeld(september 18th 2002)
rums:
mm hmm. uhmm, ehhh eh... my view of the situation was that... he he had... We, we believe the best intelligence that we had... (video fades)
its time for the deception to stop.