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April 8, 2004
The Big Lie

The biggest thing from Rice's testimony today is surely this August 6, 2001 PDB. The Commission -- both Republicans and Democrats -- are demanding that the entire memo be declassified so the public can judge for itself.

Condi's Big Lie seems obvious just from the title of the memo, but I'd love to read the whole thing. To emphasize the title, I'll put it in a giant font.

Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States

And now Rice's statement about this memo, in a smaller font:

It did not warn of attacks inside the United States. It was historical information based on old reporting. There was no new threat information. And it did not, in fact, warn of any coming attacks inside the United States.

(emphasis mine)
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Just to recap: A memo titled "Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States" did not, in fact, warn of any coming attacks inside the United States. You can't see it, though, just take our word for it. (The White House is said to be "working hard to declassify" the memo, which means, "working hard to find ways to avoid declassifying" the memo.)

Maybe the title was just an attention getter -- like "READ THIS" or "FREE BEER" -- to make sure the president would read it.

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