U.S. Will Revise Data on Terror

[geek tragedy]

Remember that claim that terror was at a 30 year low?

Guess what?

Yep, you guessed it.

It was another dirty lie.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-fg-terror9_jun09,1,7491026.story?coll=la-home-headlines

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The State Department is scrambling to revise its annual report on global terrorism to acknowledge that it understated the number of deadly attacks in 2003, amid charges that the document is inaccurate and was politically manipulated by the Bush administration.

When the most recent "Patterns of Global Terrorism" report was issued April 29, senior Bush administration officials immediately hailed it as objective proof that they were winning the war on terrorism. The report is considered the authoritative yardstick of the prevalence of terrorist activity around the world.
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Another senior official characterized the errors as clerical, and blamed them mostly on the fact responsibility for the report recently shifted from the CIA to the administration's new Terrorist Threat Integration Center.

Waxman, the ranking Democrat on the House Government Reform Committee, told Powell that the number of significant terrorist attacks since 2001 hasn't declined as the department claimed, but risen by more than 35%. And he cited an analysis by two independent experts who used figures provided by the State Department report in concluding that significant attacks actually had reached a 20-year high in 2003.
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[LittleApple81]

1. according to rule 6 of LBN:

6. When posting articles, please use the published title of the article as the title of the discussion thread.

I think you still have time to edit. This is important so I don't want it to disappear.
Thanks for posting it.

[grytpype]

2. Can't they tell the truth about any goddamned thing?

[davidinalameda]

3. obviously not

more lies from the Bushies--go figure

[geek tragedy]

4. Just believe the opposite of what they say.

It's no wonder that LIHOP and MIHOP gain so many adherents--these guys just lie about everything.

[neverforget]

5. If they told the truth, they would be in prison.

[swinney]

6. N o They cannot tell truth this is sad GANG

Crawford bicycle accident.

Spokeslady said it was due to so much rain.

Who cares? This is beyond stupid.

This is psychological Sicko.

It was dry. very dry. No rain in many days.

I do not comprehend this. I sincerely cannot comprehend it.

Lie to Lie? Every negative no matter how irrelevant is spun.

Who is in charge of this Crazy House?

[central scrutinizer]

8. no, they started lying on day one

remember the White House vandalism and all of the missing "W" keys on the computers? GAO later determined it was a complete fabrication.

[dArKeR]

7. This NOT 'lying' this is 'Calculated Propaganda Racketeering'

Franken also had a guest who scientificly showed that the first story published is the one which is remember no matter how much last truthful revision is published.

[louis-t]

9. No, no, no.....

they just 'mis-spoke' again. Edit: And I agree with you on the idea that the first thing spoken will be used to create 'conventional wisdom.'

[nolabels]

10. OMG (no more Euphemism's for you)

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The Euphemism Generator
Hit "Reload" for ENDLESS FUN.

She seemed like a shy girl when they met, but a few drinks later, they were
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Halfway through the project, Frank looked like he had been
slamming the cheap statue.