Case of the Missing Tony Snow Transcript

[Pryderi]

http://whyareweback.blogspot.com/2006/09/case-of-missing-tony-snow-transcript.html

Early Wednesday morning, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow fielded questions from reporters on ABC's taped interview with Major General Shaukat Sultan Khan, press secretary to the president of Pakistan, which aired the night before.

While discussing the "peace deal" Pakistan agreed to with pro-Taliban militants in the North Waziristan region, Khan told ABC's Brian Ross (on tape) that -- if found -- Osama bin Laden wouldn't be arrested, as long as he promises to behave like a "peaceful citizen."

Some time before Snow's briefing, Pakistan denied the report and Khan said that his taped comments in the interview were "totally fabricated."

I have no idea if Snow's remarks were said at a gaggle or a briefing...all I do know is that there is no transcript of the briefing. Not at Whitehouse.gov, not at Federal News Service, not anywhere.

[rodeodance]

1. well, you do know how busy the WH staff is. Propaganda is HARD work

[Pryderi]

2. Remember the "THAT'S ACCURATE" McClellan scrubbing?

[chat_noir]

3. That’s Not Accurate: White House Alters Transcript of Press Briefing

There is a brewing controversy about what exactly was said at the White House press conference on October 31. Everyone agrees NBC’s David Gregory said this:

Q Whether there’s a question of legality, we know for a fact that there was involvement. We know that Karl Rove, based on what he and his lawyer have said, did have a conversation about somebody who Patrick Fitzgerald said was a covert officer of the Central Intelligence Agency. We know that Scooter Libby also had conversations.

Congressional Quarterly and FNS both transcribed Press Secretary Scott McClellan’s answer as “That’s accurate.” The White House transcript lists McClellan’s answer as “I don’t think that’s accurate.”

We’ve isolated the clip so you can judge for yourself:

http://thinkprogress.org/2005/11/09/wh-alters-transcript/

[Pryderi]

4. How many documents do you figure they've destroyed?