Fox, CNBC report a Treasury Dept probe of ONeill's papers

[buycitgo]

that didn't take long, did it?

apparently, they're going to see if he did anything illegal in taking sensitive documents with him

Fox will have a full report at the top of the hour.

you should have heard the GLEE in Shepard "Hit and Run" Smith's voice as he announced it

wonder if they'll appoint a special counsel to investigate.

is this where the media will concentrate now, instead of ONeill's words?

[Mistress Quickly]

1. and instead of Plame n/t

[Catfish]

5. just what I was thinking

when I read this earlier today. Bastards hide behind National Security when it suits them.

[Military Brat]

2. Another Rovian red herring

I would guess O'Neill anticipated this angle. Let them investigate. They very well may end up wishing they hadn't.

[ElementaryPenguin]

8. Right on, MB! Methinks you have hit the nail on the head! Bwahahaha!

The stupid Buskiviks are royally fucked!

[TacticalPeek]

15. Exactly. O'Neill's been around the block, as has Suskind.

They and the publisher will have thoroughly vetted this angle.

But hey, let them call all the attention to this they want.

Stupid SOB's.

[Gysgt213]

3. Here come the knives

[newyawker99]

19. Hi Gysgt213!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[rumguy]

4. they'll try and bury the truth but something tell's me O'Neill won't back

down

[Beetwasher]

6. Good, this should keep it in the headlines

Way to go dumbasses!

[kentuck]

7. They want those "several" others that talked with Suskind....

O'Neil is already gone. They need to prevent further damage.

[Must_B_Free]

9. THE WHITE BRONCO CHASE IS ON!

Folks I told you this was the end.

They are desparately grasping at straws.

After all of the diversions attempts this on boils down to "Please, try not to notice what we don't want you to see"...

[BOSSHOG]

10. Secretary O'Neill will join

Ambassador Wilson. The republicans will end up running against their record. Now ain't that sweet.

[buycitgo]

11. here we go on Fox

they're showing docs from 60 minutes, marked SECRET

treasury dept has launched probe

quoting his old, rich guy thing now

showing Bush's snip in Mexico: "we worked together in some difficult times.....we were together when america was attacked on september 11"

no details at all....more on other stuff than the investo

[buycitgo]

12. once again MSNBC is playing up the 'overshadow' angle

regarding the Mexico trip

they mention this for the second time, but don't really justify it.

that's FINE with me!

GET this!!!!!!!


Ron Suskind coming up later on this show

set tape

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

14. No, they're justifying it with the Bush sound bite

1. "I appreciate former Secretary O'Neill's service to our country"

2. "We're coming out of the recession and that is good."

3. "Everything changed on 9/11"

4. "My administration has always been about regime change"

5. "I did the right thing"

"No more questions, please stay in your seats while the presidents exit."

[buycitgo]

16. you heard his response, then?

didn't it strike you as rambling, pretty much incoherent, though clearly rehearsed?

he really lost it when he tried to list some of the Iraq ops that they'd instituted....he even started listing em, then realized he couldn't remember them all, then quickly changed course

too funny

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

17. Bush was like Mariah Carey right before the meltdown

But it's not all bad news. There was a fluff report yesterday in which Vicente said he planned on taking him to his favorite baby goat restaurant.

There's a new job growth opportunity for Fox's vision of a "Borderless North America"...Baby Goat Drive-Thrus.

"I'll have a baby goat, an order of Freedom Fries and a vanilla shake to go, please."

I'm guessing that after Bush and Fox go out for baby goat they'll come home, braid each others' hair, toast some smores, and stay up all night telling scary stories.

[Unknown Known]

13. Asscrotch has gotten his marching orders -

get the documents in lock-down. They will cite "national security" in order to squelch any revelation of these documents. And then they will go into "de-constructing O'Neill". Maybe Paul will be charged with visiting under-age websites or something. They'll get him with some trumped up charges. Mark my words.

I do think, however, that O'Neill is trying to distance himself from this bunch by coming out with this book. He's no dummy and I don't believe, as some here, that he is doing this because he suddenly found a conscience. I think O'Neill is in a CYA mode right now, perhaps because he knows that some serious shit is going to hit the fan soon. After all, he was privy to intelligence info and his connections run deep.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

18. Suskind: "O'Neill checked into what is his due legally...

...and then they gave him what he asked for"

When O'Neill provides names & dates for his "document checkout" it's going to be a very, very, very short "probe."

Yee-ha.

Edit for source: "Lester Holt Live," MSNBC, 01/12/04 1:45 PT