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Now, why would Doug or anyone not have seen this press release, not have read the report, and why would the only msm coverage of the report be so blatantly wrong as to prove (sometimes even admit) that their reporting wasn’t based on having seen (let alone READ) the actual report?

Could it be that someone’s pushing an agenda counter to the truth and counter to promoting American success? I thought all Americans wanted success for America. Isn’t that part of what patriotism is: the desire to make America succeed?

Ask yourselves, and please respond….why didn’t anyone see the press release or coverage of the report (as opposed to coverage that was supposedly about the report but stated things completely contradictory to its findings)?

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True for yesterday. Awful late for a press release. I’d call that a post-press release as it’s a week late.

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Doug,

There was a press release. Just no press coverage.

http://www.jfcom.mil/newslink/storyarchive/2008/pa032008.html

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…”server overloads” may have been a reason, but strange the spokesman for the Joint Forces Command didn’t mention it as the problem. And still, why no press release for such a researched milestone?

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The Pentagon (and JFCOM) was able to separate the report into pieces and probably still has server overload from the downloads. That could have been one reason they did not want it released online. However, the need for this information to come out and correct ABC (yet again) superceeded the need to keep the server from being stressed.

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I’m not sure what happened, but the report was released online because it was/is being misrepresented by the old media. It’s online now (and it’s friggin HUGE-1600pgs!)

http://www.jfcom.mil/newslink/storyarchive/2008/pa032008.html

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Granted that Saddam supported terrorism, used it as a routine tool to further his state and personal goals, but what I don’t get is why the “the Pentagon cancelled plans to send out a press release announcing the report’s release and will no longer make the report available online.”

http://blogs.abcnews.com/rapidreport/2008/03/pentagon-report.html

Strange, no?

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Chris, no problem.

Scott,
Looks like at least one media outlet tried a little harder to read the report
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/03/21/report_saddam_had_many_terrorist_links/4308/

here is the Washington Times take
http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080321/NATION/791914319/1001&template=nextpage

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Mark,

I just realized you had commented under one of the links as “Mark E”. So you have some of the info already.

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