The Truth will prevail, But only if we Demand it from Congress!
9-11 Inside Job and Neocons Hacked 2004
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David Edwards and Muriel Kane
Published: Wednesday August 6, 2008
Author Ron Suskind says his sources are under "enormous pressure" to
change their stories after revealing to him that the Bush
administration had ordered the CIA to forge a letter from the head
of Iraqi intelligence connecting Iraq to the 9/11 hijackers.
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On Tuesday, former CIA official Robert Richer, who is one of
Suskind's sources, sent a statement to news outlets in which he
wrote, "I never received direction from George Tenet or anyone else
in my chain of command to fabricate a document from Habbush as
outlined in Mr. Suskind's book."
Richer's statement also quoted Suskind's other source, former CIA
officer John Maguire, as saying, "I have no knowledge to the origins
of the letter."
Suskind told NBC's Meredith Vieira on Wednesday morning, "It's
interesting. ... Rob Richer talked to me, and actually other
reporters too, yesterday morning. He was fine, he'd gotten the book
Monday night, read it. And then something happened yesterday
afternoon."
"It's one of these instances where you've got a few people whose
testimony could mean the impeachment, ostensibly, of the president,"
Suskind explained. "It's enormous pressure on both men."
Suskind had appeared on Countdown with Keith Olbermann the previous
evening, where he had explained, "They've got to feed their
families. They really survive off the government, they're
contractors, both of them. ... They can be brought into a moment of
crisis by the government saying, 'You'll never work again.'"
Suskind insisted to Vieira, however, that "I'm actually not
concerned," telling her, "I've spent a lot of time with them. Their
interviews are taped. ... They talked to me at length, hour after
hour ... and all of that is on the record."
Suskind emphasized to Olbermann that "Maguire, I think, will still
stand up in daylight." He noted that Maguire recently said he
understands why the first and second amendments appear in that
order, because "the first amendment is the most important amendment.
If they take that one away, then you should start loading your
weapons."
Suskind suggested to both Olbermann and Vieira that what is really
needed is Congressional hearings with testimony under oath. He
revealed on Wednesday morning that "there are folks in Congress
calling. ... They want people under oath ... with threat of
perjury."
"They're good guys," Suskind said in concluding his interview with
Vieira. "Maguire's sent me things about truth and the power of
truth. He's a believer in that. I think Richer is too. And we'll see
how it unfolds."
This video is from NBC's Today Show, broadcast August 6, 2008.
