The media was been reluctant to cover the Downing Street Memo and when it did finally mention it, it gave it very little coverage. For example, the New York Times was not eager to cover it and they downplayed it: "The Sunday Times' May 1 memo story, which broke just four days before Britain's national elections, caused a sensation in Europe. American media reacted more cautiously. The New York Times wrote about the memo May 2, but didn't mention until its 15th paragraph that the memo stated U.S. officials had 'fixed' intelligence and facts" - Another "Downing St. memo" on Bush, Blair & Iraq?
Mark Memmott points out: "None of the stories appeared on the newspapers' front pages. Several other major media outlets, including the evening news programs on ABC, CBS and NBC, had not said a word about the document before Tuesday. Today marks USA TODAY's first mention. Some activists who opposed Bush's decision to attack Iraq have been peppering editors with letters and e-mails to push the news media into more aggressive coverage."
Now there is another memo that shows Bush was not honest about the War on Iraq. The "White House Memo reports that Bush told Blair "The U.S. would put its full weight behind efforts to get another (UN) resolution and would 'twist arms' and 'even threaten'. But he had to say that if ultimately we failed, military action would follow anyway.'' - Coalition That Won Coverage of Downing Street Memo Promotes New Document
"Jan. 31, 2003, was also the day that the NSA circulated an internal top-secret memo planning spying on UN Security Council members." And this is anthor story most of mainstream media underreported or didn't report at all. See U.S. SPY SCANDAL
The new memo shows that Bush was hoping to assassinate Saddam Hussein, and that Bush was so desperate to provoke a war that he even proposed painting US planes to look like UN planes and flying them low over Iraq in hopes of getting shot at" - see below:Coalition That Won Coverage of Downing Street Memo Promotes New Document
2/6/2006 8:03:00 AM
To: National Desk
Contact: David Swanson, 202-329-7847, for After Downing Street
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A coalition of over 100 organizations -- headquartered at http://www.AfterDowningStreet.org -- flooded the U.S. media with e-mails, phone calls, faxes and protests last June until a leaked British document known as the Downing Street Memo received coverage.
The same coalition has launched a campaign to demand coverage of a memo recording a meeting at the White House on Jan. 31, 2003.
The Downing Street Memo and seven other leaked documents made clear that Bush had decided on war and decided to lie about WMDs and ties to 9-11, that he was aware that Iraq was not a threat, that no attempt was being made to avoid war, that the focus was on selling the war to the public, and that Bush turned to the UN in hopes of crafting an ultimatum that Saddam Hussein would reject.
Some of the most damning information in the memo came from a report that Richard Dearlove, head of secret intelligence for the UK, made on his recent trip to the United States. Some in the media resisted this information, on grounds that we did not know whom Dearlove had met with. James Risen's recently released book "State of War" reports that Dearlove met with George Tenet at CIA headquarters on July 20, 2002.
When President Bush and Prime Minister Blair were asked about the Downing Street Memo last summer, they did not dispute its authenticity or speak to most of its charges. Their chief response was that they had gone to the United Nations to try to avoid war.
But the new White House Memo reports that Bush told Blair "The U.S. would put its full weight behind efforts to get another (UN) resolution and would 'twist arms' and 'even threaten'. But he had to say that if ultimately we failed, military action would follow anyway.''
Jan. 31, 2003, was also the day that the NSA circulated an internal top-secret memo planning spying on UN Security Council members.
The new memo shows that Bush was hoping to assassinate Saddam Hussein, and that Bush was so desperate to provoke a war that he even proposed painting US planes to look like UN planes and flying them low over Iraq in hopes of getting shot at.
More Information: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/whitehousememo
Also See: Another Memo Gets Underreported in the American Mainstream Media
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