NY Times' Friedman Catches Rumsfeld in Blatant "Face The Nation" Lie

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld blatantly lied on CBS' "Face the Nation" on Sunday when he told moderator Bob Schieffer it has become "folklore" that he or the President used the phrase "immediate threat" in relation to Sadaam Hussein. "I didn't, the president didn't. if you have any citations, I would like to see them," he said.

Thomas Friedman of The New York Times then confronted Rumsfeld with his statement:
"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, Sept 18,2002

Sec. RUMSFELD: "Mm-hmm. It--my view of--of the situation was that he--he had--we--we believe, the best intelligence that we had and other countries had and that--that we believed and we still do not know--we will knowÖ"

Despite the fact that Bush's credibility is a major campaign issue, when asked whether he expected to be involved in the president's re-election campaign, Rumsfeld said, "There won't be a role. The president has specifically asked Colin Powell and me not to be involved in the campaign."

With Congress today Congress today debating a resolution congratulating Bush, for (they claim) making the world safer, MoveOn.Org will hold a DC press conference to call for the President's censure.

Related links:
Transcript, Face The Nation
Article, Center for American Progress
Hi, Pakistan

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