This Isn't a Coincidence
A few comments about Lamont's win on Tuesday followed by the clusterfuck airplane scare the rest of the week.
These two events go together. Lamont's win by 4% was the "let's roll" command for Karl Rove and Company. I predicted last Sunday a Lamont win would indicate nothing but gloom and doom for Republican hopefuls this November. The Rover didn't let me down.
Now we know that Bush, Rove and the Dick had prior knowledge that Britain was going to roll up a six month investigation into an alleged plot by two dozen Muslim extremists, British citizens with alleged Pakistani connections. Whether the neo-con amigos actually participated in the determination of when to roll up the investigation is still unknown at this time. We do know for sure that Bush talked repeatedly with Tony Blair through the weekend about it. My money is on the three neo-con leaders calling the timeline shot.
Now look at what happened, not the hysteria, but what actually took place. What the misdirectionists want you to focus on is the new no liquids, gels,or shampoos part. The alleged extremists were said to have been infiltrated earlier by a British operative. That means many things but for sure it means that this was an ongoing, slow buildup investigation. Good police work actually. But there are problems with the narrative. We know these conspirators had not bought any plane tickets yet. We know that intelligence believed a trial run was only a few days off. Would either one of those tidbits be reason to chaotically congest American airports and schedules with "urgent" new carry on rules? Now answer the same question knowing the alleged threat was only for planes leaving Britain, not for planes leaving America. Couple those two points with the fact that plans to use liquid type chemical explosions on airplanes were well known by U.S. officials since 1994, thus in no way was the alleged plot shocking or surprising. We also know that the British officials responsible for the roundup began very, very early Thursday morning and announced what they were doing to the media before 8am.
Here's what it looks like to me. The three neo-con amigos rightly concluded the media, after the Tuesday night Lamont win, would be headed into highly descriptive coverage of the "whys" which determined Lamont's win. Do you know how damaging that could be? Lamont won because he disagrees with Bush on the Iraq debacle just like 60% of the country disagrees with Bush on Iraq. Lieberman lost because he told Democrats when they criticize Bush they do so at the nation's peril. Lieberman lost because he agrees with Bush's "stay the course" plan. The prospect of those being the discussion points of every newspaper article and every Sunday morning news show was just too much for Karl. When the Dems grasp the media moment Karl knows he has to get it back.
Remember Katrina? Karl slipped on that one, he let his guard down, probably because everyone was on vacation at the time. The media told truth and Bush ratings plummeted. The Rover couldn't recapture the media narrative until December after Katrina and only then with the Harriet Myers laugh-in. If you only take one point with you from this post make it be this one: With all the facts thus far, the only motivation behind ordering the Chinese fire drill we witnessed at our airports in such an urgent, almost hysterical way was to capture the media attention with a big splash, therefore blunting the potential media damage from Lamont's win.
And if you think I'm nutty(well I am) pay attention to a few news programs in the next few days and listen to what's being talked about. Your honor, the prosecution rests.
UPDATE Sunday, Aug 13 AM
Here's the first bit of evidence which suggests my theory is correct.
From TPMMuckraker.com
"NBC News has learned that U.S. and British authorities had a significant disagreement over when to move in on the suspects in the alleged plot to bring down trans-Atlantic airliners bound for the United States.
A senior British official knowledgeable about the case said British police were planning to continue to run surveillance for at least another week to try to obtain more evidence, while American officials pressured them to arrest the suspects sooner. The official spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the case.
In contrast to previous reports, the official suggested an attack was not imminent, saying the suspects had not yet purchased any airline tickets. In fact, some did not even have passports."
Bluester says: "...pressured them to arrest the suspects sooner." Hmmm. I wonder why U.S. officials would have wanted that this past week???
These two events go together. Lamont's win by 4% was the "let's roll" command for Karl Rove and Company. I predicted last Sunday a Lamont win would indicate nothing but gloom and doom for Republican hopefuls this November. The Rover didn't let me down.
Now we know that Bush, Rove and the Dick had prior knowledge that Britain was going to roll up a six month investigation into an alleged plot by two dozen Muslim extremists, British citizens with alleged Pakistani connections. Whether the neo-con amigos actually participated in the determination of when to roll up the investigation is still unknown at this time. We do know for sure that Bush talked repeatedly with Tony Blair through the weekend about it. My money is on the three neo-con leaders calling the timeline shot.
Now look at what happened, not the hysteria, but what actually took place. What the misdirectionists want you to focus on is the new no liquids, gels,or shampoos part. The alleged extremists were said to have been infiltrated earlier by a British operative. That means many things but for sure it means that this was an ongoing, slow buildup investigation. Good police work actually. But there are problems with the narrative. We know these conspirators had not bought any plane tickets yet. We know that intelligence believed a trial run was only a few days off. Would either one of those tidbits be reason to chaotically congest American airports and schedules with "urgent" new carry on rules? Now answer the same question knowing the alleged threat was only for planes leaving Britain, not for planes leaving America. Couple those two points with the fact that plans to use liquid type chemical explosions on airplanes were well known by U.S. officials since 1994, thus in no way was the alleged plot shocking or surprising. We also know that the British officials responsible for the roundup began very, very early Thursday morning and announced what they were doing to the media before 8am.
Here's what it looks like to me. The three neo-con amigos rightly concluded the media, after the Tuesday night Lamont win, would be headed into highly descriptive coverage of the "whys" which determined Lamont's win. Do you know how damaging that could be? Lamont won because he disagrees with Bush on the Iraq debacle just like 60% of the country disagrees with Bush on Iraq. Lieberman lost because he told Democrats when they criticize Bush they do so at the nation's peril. Lieberman lost because he agrees with Bush's "stay the course" plan. The prospect of those being the discussion points of every newspaper article and every Sunday morning news show was just too much for Karl. When the Dems grasp the media moment Karl knows he has to get it back.
Remember Katrina? Karl slipped on that one, he let his guard down, probably because everyone was on vacation at the time. The media told truth and Bush ratings plummeted. The Rover couldn't recapture the media narrative until December after Katrina and only then with the Harriet Myers laugh-in. If you only take one point with you from this post make it be this one: With all the facts thus far, the only motivation behind ordering the Chinese fire drill we witnessed at our airports in such an urgent, almost hysterical way was to capture the media attention with a big splash, therefore blunting the potential media damage from Lamont's win.
And if you think I'm nutty(well I am) pay attention to a few news programs in the next few days and listen to what's being talked about. Your honor, the prosecution rests.
UPDATE Sunday, Aug 13 AM
Here's the first bit of evidence which suggests my theory is correct.
From TPMMuckraker.com
"NBC News has learned that U.S. and British authorities had a significant disagreement over when to move in on the suspects in the alleged plot to bring down trans-Atlantic airliners bound for the United States.
A senior British official knowledgeable about the case said British police were planning to continue to run surveillance for at least another week to try to obtain more evidence, while American officials pressured them to arrest the suspects sooner. The official spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the case.
In contrast to previous reports, the official suggested an attack was not imminent, saying the suspects had not yet purchased any airline tickets. In fact, some did not even have passports."
Bluester says: "...pressured them to arrest the suspects sooner." Hmmm. I wonder why U.S. officials would have wanted that this past week???
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