WOW: ABC NEWS reports missile story STAGED

[newsguyatl]

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/World/missile030813_sting.html

[molly]

1. Are we surprised?

[newsguyatl]

2. THAT

the news networks are starting to report this, yes, it's a surprise...

i'm hoping this will be the top story tomorrow.

[Zero Gravitas]

6. Surprised

It was on ABC network evening news also.

I'm surprised to see it anywhere in the corporate media, the rest of the whores are just repeating the Administration spin.

[jmags]

11. I'll be honest...I am.

After reading about the missile plot and then seeing the many responses on DU that this whole thing was staged, I was a little annoyed at how quickly some people become conspiracy theorists here. Unfortunately for the country, it's becoming more and more obvious to me that they are entirely justified in doing so.

[Robb]

32. Ha! Who's the whackjob now?

:) I kid, of course. DU is remarkably tolerant to those of us who sometimes have our tinfoil hats screwed on too tight.

But, I'm afraid, there's going to have to be a Robb's Third Rule: "Begin by assuming this administration and its media are lying."

quick refresher:

Robb's Second Rule: "Begin by assuming most people are idiots."

Robb's First Rule: "Ain't nothing so good, a little bacon won't make it better."

[Q]

33. Ah...up steps the 'conspiracy theorist' debunkers...

- It's funny that when any group of free people start specutlating about what's really going on in their government...someone shows up to remind them that they shouldn't 'theorize' or extrapolate from the available information.

-

[tjdee]

3. Taking bets for how many people won't hear this...

It's great to make a big pronouncement like

MISSILE! NEWARK NEW JERSEY!

and then quietly follow that with

*actually, we're just kidding*

The first, louder news is what sticks in the head unless there is equal coverage of the second news.

It'll be interesting to see how this goes.

[newsguyatl]

7. well i'll

certainly do what i can tomorrow to make sure this gets attention on air!

what an outrage

[Bozita]

4. That's gonna be a big part of Nightline tonight.

Brian Ross will report on the charade. Ted will anchor. I'm not gonna miss this.

[newsguyatl]

12. abc news

has been standout (comparably speaking) for the last month or so...

they just beat nbc in the ratings, too... that's a first...


cbsnews online has been good too...



KUDOS to abc!

[Maple]

5. So what hit ABC tonight?

Reports on wounded soldiers, a report on global warming, and now this??

[alaine]

9. They're trying something new.

Reporting the actual news.

Ratings are in the toilet and they are getting desperate.

[whathappened]

8. i said this when it was first veiwed

it was just a front to change the subject about what old goof ass is not doing and why he should be doing what is right for our country , well hiding in his rancho and eating like a king , his boys behind the screen are throwing out little tibits to keep the heat off old jr.s ass

[bpilgrim]

10. it's like their tryin to give the 'TERRORIST' a HINT?

:crazy:

the smartest thing the terrorist could do right now is nothing and THAT will be this evil admins down fall... cause you see, even if they completely stop 'TERRORISM' and 'WIN' they lose cause everybodies looking at THEM and they CAN NOT stand up to SCRUTINY!

goodbye POINDEXTER ;->

peace

[newsguyatl]

13. is this the next big scandal?

god, i hope so...


they're some brazen motherfuckers aren't they?

[bpilgrim]

14. yep...

and we all know that this is small potatoes for this evil cabal.

google LIHOP

:hi:

peace

[Bozita]

15. Northrop Grumman sells anti-missile systems for aircraft.

Guess who owns them.

That's right, it's the Carlyle group.

Boy, it looks like this is really backfiring on the Bushies.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Carlyle+Group+Northrop+&btnG=Google+Search

Searched the web for Carlyle Group Northrop .  Results 1 - 10 of about 1,920. Search took 0.16 seconds.

Significant acquisitions among arms–producing companies within ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... Goodrich TRW Aeronautical Systems TRW 1500 2002 Boeing Hughes Space and General Motors
3 750 2000 Communications activities Carlyle Group Northrop Grumman ISA ...
projects.sipri.se/milex/aprod/ m&a/usa_m&a_98_02.pdf - Similar pages

Logicon / Northrop Grumman
Logicon / Northrop Grumman IT. HOME. Northrop Grumman ... Executive Profiles
of Northrop Grumman Corporation Elected Officials. Ronald Sugar, ...
www.dyncorp-sucks.com/northrop.htm - 42k - Aug 12, 2003 - Cached - Similar pages


TRW Inc.
... Mar 03, 2003, Northrop Grumman Completes Sale of TRW Automotive Business to the
Blackstone Group. Air Force Awards TRW $65 Million Contract for ICBM Upgrade. ...
www.dyncorp-sucks.com/trw.htm - 40k - Aug 12, 2003 - Cached - Similar pages
< More results from www.dyncorp-sucks.com >

Axis of Corporate Evil
... The Carlyle Group bought into Northrop Grumman's Commercial Aerostructures business
(now called Integrated Systems Sector), which is the largest supplier of ...
www.hereinreality.com/news/axis.html - 40k - Cached - Similar pages

Carlyle Group among TRW bidders - 2002-08-27 - Dayton Business ...
... Group and Carlyle Group for about $5 billion could be completed by week's end. Cleveland-based
TRW is in the midst of a takeover by defense contractor Northrop ...
www.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2002/ 08/26/daily14.html?jst=s_rs_hl - 35k - Cached - Similar pages

News Release
... 2000 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) announced today that it has completed
the sale of its commercial aerostructures business to The Carlyle Group ...
www.northgrum.com/news/news_releases/ 0700-111_Carlyle_close.html - 7k - Aug 12, 2003 - Cached - Similar pages

MERCENARY FIRMS
... Northrop Grumman. Carlyle Group ! The Carlyle Group - Former World Leaders
and Washington Insiders Make Billions from the War on Terrorism; ...
www.betterworldlinks.org/book73q.htm - 16k - Cached - Similar pages

News Release
... June 12, 2000 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation ... has signed a definitive agreement to
sell its commercial aerostructures business to The Carlyle Group, a private ...
www.northropgrumman.com/news/news_releases/ 0600-88_Aerostructures.html - 9k - Cached - Similar pages

The Carlyle Group
... Original Creation State: DE NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION ... Original Creation State:
AR CARLYLE FUNDING CORPORATION ... Creation State: IL EMPEROR GROUP, LLC Control ...
www.frankkryder.com/carlylen.htm - 37k - Cached - Similar pages

A Relocation That Wasn't: Northrop Grumman's 400-Worker HQ ...
... To buy the Northrop Grumman unit, the Carlyle Group is forking over $843 million
in cash and securities and assuming $400 million in unfunded employee health ...
www.conway.com/ssinsider/bbdeal/bd000724.htm - 8k - Cached - Similar pages

[Zorro]

18. I humbly disagree

Northrop Grumman is a publicly traded company. Carlyle may have bought one of the businesses during Northrop's acquisition of TRW, but that's about it; they may also have some shares of the parent, but they certainly don't "own" Northrop.

And IMHO anti-missile systems for commercial aircraft might not be a bad idea.

[Bozita]

20. Carlyle Group bought into Northrop Grumman's Commercial Aerostructures bus

The Carlyle Group bought into Northrop Grumman's Commercial Aerostructures business (now called Integrated Systems Sector) in May of 2000.

[Terwilliger]

23. but in this case, there is no "there" there

And beefing up security won't solve the problem.

[never cry wolf]

19. things that make you go hmmmmmmm......

so, was money the root cause of the setup or just a side benefit for their media distraction?

[madrchsod]

16. the mouse must be losing

money ..disneyworld in france is closing,the economy,esp the people who are now getting axed prob aren`t booking trips to disneyland anymore..maybe the guys see that this economy is never going to get better untill bush is defeated...or maybe they have decided to do their job and report the truth...

[DoYouEverWonder]

17. This one was for Tony

The inquiry into David Kelley's death started yesterday and there already has been some very damning testimony. Time to wag the dog.

[KoKo]

24. Agree! It was for Tony. I watched BBC tonight about Hutton Inquiry....and

said....this looks like Bush needs to cover Tony's butt, soon. And, I knew why the story about the missles and the British halting flights into Rihayd was big news. They've gotta keep those Terrorist Alerts and hype fear into both US and GB. They will go down together before they go down alone. They are like conjoined twins Blair/Bush.

[Imajika]

26. Huh?

I just go through reading the Gaurdian and my take on it is that things are going very badly for the BBC, and surprising well for Tony Blair.

Infact, here is a link of some of the most recent action:

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/kelly/story/0,13747,1018241,00.html

Why would Bush need to cover for Blair now? Perhaps he will at some point, but the Hutton inquiry does not seem to be going to well for the BBC at this time.

Imajika

[TeeYiYi]

21. WTF ? ...... n/t

TYY :wtf:

[Terwilliger]

22. HOLY cow!

And now they're saying it was a new terrorist threat? CAN ANYBODY SAY ANYTHING?!?!

[hexola]

25. And the next day the Pan Am Flight 103 story plays out...

no coincidence...I think...

Intended effect:

"Boy...Bush is really making sure that never happens again"

[Ein]

27. lol

"I would have hoped the United States is thwarting real terrorism and not something manufactured because here all they're doing is stopping something they created," said Lefcourt.

If only he knew the relevance.

[9215]

28. Oh, Haaaaa, HAAAAA, Haaaaa

"I would have hoped the United States is thwarting real terrorism and not something manufactured because here all they're doing is stopping something they created," said Lefcourt.

Government officials said the case will show that Lakhani went along with the scheme willingly and was not entrapped. But the question remains whether any of this would have happened if the government had not set it up.


"Stopping something they created"????????Ohhhhh, sheeeeet. Sometimes U gotta just laugh!! Is you learnin' yet?

Next ?:
Is it OK to stage these kind of stings if national security (read: Bush approval ratings) are at stake??

Ha, HA, HA.......!!

[Terwilliger]

29. kick this

and I'll take my alcohol laden ass to bed

Here is my sig insert file


DU SIGNATURE INSERTS
_____________________



"I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever in religion, in philosophy, in politics, or in anything else where I was capable of thinking for myself. Such an addiction is the last degradation of a free and moral agent."
-Thomas Jefferson, letter to Francis Hopkinson, March 13, 1789

WWCD?


http://www.ndol.org/ndol_ci.cfm?cp=3&kaid=86&subid=84&contentid=2919
The assertion that Nader's marginal vote hurt Gore is not borne out by polling data.


MARK TWAIN
Of the demonstrably wise there are but two: those who commit suicide, & those who keep their reasoning faculties atrophied with drink.
- Notebook #42, 1898

Not to be a nationalist or anything, but I was led to believe this country stood for a lot more than this bunch of petty, self-interested, self-absorbed intolerants bent on getting whatever they can for themselves while they say FUCK everybody else!

:party: :toast: :beer: :loveya: :-) :D ;-) :thumbsup: :party: :P :-9 B-) :7 :evilgrin: :hippie: :smoke: :silly: :crazy: :party: :toast: :beer: :loveya: :-) :D ;-) :thumbsup: :party: :P B-) :yum: :7 :evilgrin: :hippie: :smoke: :silly: :crazy: :party: :toast: :beer: :loveya: :-) :D ;-) :thumbsup: :party: :P B-) :7 :evilgrin: :hippie: :smoke: :silly: :crazy:


browser home: www.cannabisnews.com
weekday news: www.prorev.com/indexa.htm
Americans for Safe Access: www.safeaccessnow.org
history: A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
(excerpt at http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/zinn-chap16.html)

[dusty64]

30. People who know me are

now beginning to understand why I don't believe a thing our regime says anymore.

[JCMach1]

31. I stand corrected--

next time I will remember to put on my tinfoil hat in the morning

:)

[UTUSN]

34. Kick -

Where are Ken STARR's crew, sounds like THEY were doing the set-up.

[InkAddict]

35. This needs to be kicked

:kick: