Transcript of Former CIA Analyst on Hardball 9/18

[RobertSeattle]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9005619/

Michael Scheuer, Former CIA Terrorism Analyst (22 Years total - 10 Years on Al Queda):

O‘DONNELL: And, finally, the president has made the case that winning the war in Iraq is central to winning the war on terror and making sure that Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda cannot take—harm the United States. Is that true, if we win there, will that help?

SCHEUER: No, ma‘am. The war in Iraq has broken the back of our counterterrorism effort. I‘m not an expert on the threat posed by Saddam Hussein, but the invasion of Iraq has made sure this war will last decades ahead and it has transferred bin Laden and al Qaeda from being man and an organization into being a philosophy and a movement. We‘ve really made sure that the war against us is going to be a long and very bloody one. Iraq was an absolutely disastrous decision.

O‘DONNELL: All right. Well, thank you, Michael Scheuer. “Inside 9/11” airs Sunday, August 21st, and Monday, August 22nd at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time on the National Geographic Channel. Join us again tomorrow night at 7:00 Eastern for more HARDBALL.

[dogday]

1. The look on Nora O'Donnell's face

was just a blank stare, she could not believe what she heard, and she did not react as a journalist to what he said about this war at all...

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Is there video or a screen cap? I wanna see that! *L*

[RobertSeattle]

3. Agreed

I was hoping one of the Video Bloggers (Like C&L) would show a clip of the video - it looks like Nora peed in her skirt.

It's great when this kind of thing is the very last quetion in an interview so it just "hangs".

[Supersedeas]

4. the shock and awe of a frank (unspun) response - OK then, now for these

commerical messages

[uppityperson]

5. Good.

Wish I could see this.

[RobertSeattle]

6. I've been in contact with www.CrooksAndLiars.com

He's going to get it posted later today. Stay tuned!

[RobertSeattle]

7. Video is Now Available at &CL

Unfortunately he edited out her expression afterward.

http://movies.crooksandliars.com/Hardball-Scheuer-Iraq-War.wmv