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Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
33. Okay, so the report is true.
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 04:05 PM
Aug 2017

The facts stated in the report are accurate, even if they're open to differing interpretations.

You point out that the FBI had no jurisdiction here. That occurred to me as well, and I was wondering why Mueller was joining the cheerleading for the war. I admit that I wasn't wondering strongly enough to get the full context of his testimony. One question would be what, if anything, the FBI Director could add beyond an assumption that the responsible agencies were correct.

Incidentally, you state the assumption as "that the CIA/NSA etc were correct in their conclusion that Saddam had WMD." IIRC that was what Bush and his coconspirators were saying, but the administration line was a misleading summary of what the intelligence reports actually said. If Mueller didn't look at the actual reports, then it would be more accurate to say that he assumed the truth of the Bush/Cheney statements about the reports. At the time of his testimony, the reasons to question that assumption were probably not as clear as they are now.

Evidence? Your link(s) don't show TYT. elleng Aug 2017 #1
oh my. roger has blocked me. No lose. riversedge Aug 2017 #3
Subtweet greeny2323 Aug 2017 #4
Thanks. elleng Aug 2017 #6
Here are your Young Turks, Ellen emulatorloo Aug 2017 #12
That guy has right-winger written all over him. rockfordfile Aug 2017 #22
He also repeated the false claim that Susan Rice lied about Benghazi. Shame on him. (eom) StevieM Aug 2017 #29
Dore was a big promoter of the RW Seth Rich Conspiracy too emulatorloo Aug 2017 #35
That man talking to Waters is nasty. That smile was the worst. Nt MonkeyC Aug 2017 #44
Gosh, that surprises me. nt Laffy Kat Aug 2017 #2
weird NewJeffCT Aug 2017 #5
I agree. elleng Aug 2017 #7
He is anti-trump. nt m-lekktor Aug 2017 #9
The TYT were bankrolled by Right Wing Republicans. Ninsianna Aug 2017 #14
Truth. NurseJackie Aug 2017 #31
+1,000, he's such a good "ex" Republican. R B Garr Aug 2017 #36
Yeah who cares about working with people who share common ground! ThirdEye Aug 2017 #39
Sure, because we share common ground with disruptive forces that attack Ninsianna Aug 2017 #41
Same. Doremus Aug 2017 #18
Eh, not everybody lives in the world of simplistic partisan binaries. nt m-lekktor Aug 2017 #8
Not everybody has a Republican sugar-daddy either emulatorloo Aug 2017 #13
there's this: "News is red hot right now and being positioned on the progressive side of the coin a kennedy Aug 2017 #24
Thanks for the link very interesting. Not clear emulatorloo Aug 2017 #25
Why would TYT retread the old "he repeated what they said" Iraq war talking points as proof? uponit7771 Aug 2017 #10
that video is from Jun 19 SethH Aug 2017 #11
Yeah, not sure how anyone can watch this and still think Cenk is pro-Trump. Kentonio Aug 2017 #20
Thanks so much for posting this Phoenix61 Aug 2017 #27
Post removed Post removed Aug 2017 #15
Cenk and tht TYT are not progressives but are tools of Russia and conservatives Gothmog Aug 2017 #16
BS ThirdEye Aug 2017 #37
Cenk is putting out pro russia crap and that is not being a progressive Gothmog Aug 2017 #43
Cenk & Ed Schultz, both "former" Republicans have just returned to their roots. They used the left Tarheel_Dem Aug 2017 #17
Mueller is part of the establishment, Progressive dog Aug 2017 #19
Money talks and TYT get plenty money from Moscow nt Tavarious Jackson Aug 2017 #21
Prove it ThirdEye Aug 2017 #38
Hey they got bills to pay Thrill Aug 2017 #23
The only observation I have is that TYT's political analysis skills are anyting BUT impressive still_one Aug 2017 #26
My naive question: Was the Young Turks report TRUE? Jim Lane Aug 2017 #28
He was expressing the views of the administration and its stated concerns. geek tragedy Aug 2017 #32
Okay, so the report is true. Jim Lane Aug 2017 #33
Mueller was testifying to Congress. geek tragedy Aug 2017 #34
Both debates that you mention were underway. Jim Lane Aug 2017 #42
Personally I think the anti war left made a couple of mistakes geek tragedy Aug 2017 #45
Because of course they are. ismnotwasm Aug 2017 #30
why D_Master81 Aug 2017 #40
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