1. Anonymous says:

    As someone pointed out today, there is a difference between saying the components are â€from Iranâ€, i.e., being sold over the border by Iranian entrepreneurs trying to make a few rials and â€from Iran†i.e., the Iranian government is behind the traffic and its agents are actively helping the Iraqi resistance make the IEDs. As whoever it was also said, components are probably also â€from the US†in that they are materials we either sold Saddam back in the day or scrap from our current adventure.

    If there is one thing we have learned, it is that these folks parse their words very carefully so that they are, to the extent possible, technically correct. As in the meaning of â€isâ€.

  2. Anonymous says:

    emptywheel, I wonder if the â€Generals†have to say this stuff themselves, because the WaPo and the NYT’s (per your posts) refuse to quote them as â€unnamed sources (for fear of Porter Goss and the neocons)?â€

  3. Anonymous says:

    Thought you’d get a kick out of this… from new court documents.

    In arguing for keeping classified information away from the defense, Fitzgerald has noted in court papers that the underlying criminal activity Libby is charged with is the failure to adequately safeguard sensitive classified information.
    AP 3/15/06

  4. Anonymous says:

    That’s worth framing, Polly.

    If there is one thing we have learned, it is that these folks parse their words very carefully so that they are, to the extent possible, technically correct. As in the meaning of â€isâ€.

    Well said, Mimikatz.
    It can actually become quite a resource once you study their words carefully looking for the ambiguities.