NationStates Jolt Archive


Terror report false

Cromotar
11-06-2004, 08:25
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/06/10/powell.terror.report/index.html

"The U.S. government acknowledged Thursday that a recent report declaring a decline in terrorism in 2003 was wrong.

The report, released in April and touted by top administration officials as a sign of the success of the war on terrorism, was based on faulty data, said State Department spokesman Richard Boucher.

In fact, he told reporters, the corrected report will show "a sharp increase over the previous year." The corrected version is not yet completed, he said.

Secretary of State Colin Powell denied the errors were the result of an effort to make the administration look good."

Incompetence or blatant opinion manipulation? YOU be the judge!

(Personally I think it was a little of both.)
Along Came A Spider
11-06-2004, 08:26
Just an Error.
Detsl-stan
11-06-2004, 08:40
Yeah, the dog ate their homework (...and WMDs...and bin Laden)

Beware of Dog!

http://www.filmfodder.com/movies/reviews/men_in_black2/images/mib2.jpg
Cromotar
11-06-2004, 09:55
Still... doesn't it make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside knowing that these people are responsible for the safety of America?
Tactical Grace
11-06-2004, 11:56
Yes.
Mutant Dogs
11-06-2004, 11:57
Yeah, the dog ate their homework (...and WMDs...and bin Laden)

Beware of Dog!

http://www.filmfodder.com/movies/reviews/men_in_black2/images/mib2.jpg

:shock: :shock: :shock:
11-06-2004, 11:57
Just an Error.

At least thats the official story.
Cannot think of a name
11-06-2004, 12:08
At this point you'd think that they'd start checking now and then, after so many things start biting them in the ass....
Tuesday Heights
12-06-2004, 03:06
Does any of this false reporting surprise anyone anymore?