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May 17, 2002
Lori Berenson
In Defense
of Political Prisoners
Rep. Cynthia McKinney
Terrorist Warnings
Hussein Ibish
Clarifying
the Obstacles
to Peace in Palestine
Alexander Cockburn
Israel and "Anti-Semitism"
May 16, 2002
Marylin Robinson
A Garden
in Tent City, But Where Do You Bathe?
Paul de Rooij
Worse than CNN?
The BBC and Israel
David Krieger
The Bush/Putin
Agreement:
Nuclear Dangers Remain
Steve Perry
Unsafe at Any Speed:
Youth, Sex and the Heresies
of Judith Levine
May 15, 2002
Ahmad Faruqui
Revisiting
Camp David
Rick Giombetti
Spiderman v. Pentagon:
Working Class Hero Battles Corrupt Defense Contractors
Stanton / Madsen
When the
War Hits Home:
Planning for Martial Law, Telegovernance and Suspension of Elections
May 14, 2002
Jacob Levich
Leaving the Truth Out?
Alternative Online Publication
Tells the Big Lie about Palestine
Michael Colby
Bush's
Cuba Blunder
Dave Marsh
Scapegoats: the Music Industry's War
on Cassettes
Jensen / Mahajan
US Power
Mideast Power Plays
May 13, 2002
Robert Fisk
Why Does John Malkovich
Want to Kill Me?
Mokhiber / Weissman
IMF
and World Bank:
Out of Control
Dean Baker
Will Darth Vader do Time?
The Enron Saga Continues
Nelson Valdés
American
Democracy:
A Lesson for Cubans
May 12, 2002
Bernard Weiner
Why Is America Acting Like This? A
Letter to European Friends
John Patrick Leary
Aiding Colombia
Kathleen Christison
Israel
and Ethics
May 11, 2002
Joady Guthrie
The Holy Lands:
A Peace Vision
Patrick Cockburn
Bombing
Iraq:
the Pentagon Prepares a Prolonged Campaign
George Sunderland
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May
17, 2002
A FoxNews Flashback
Defending Cynthia
McKinney
by Wayne Madsen
[Editors' Note: What
follows is a transcript of an April 12 debate on Fox News's Hannity
and Colmes show between Rep. Mark Foley and CounterPunch contributor
Wayne Madsen over Rep. Cynthia McKinney's suggestion that the
US government knew more about the 9/11 attacks than it had been
letting on. One out of four was right. Guess which one?]
Hannity & Colmes
April 12, 2002
COLMES: Joining us tonight is Florida
Congressman Mark Foley and Wayne Madsen, an investigative journalist
who has worked with Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney for three
years.
Now, before I defend Cynthia McKinney's
right to say what she said, Mr. Madsen, would you agree that
to suggest that the United States or anybody in this country
knew or -- in the government had advance knowledge of this is
preposterous?
WAYNE MADSEN, FRIEND OF REP. CYNTHIA
MCKINNEY: I don't think so.
I think what the congresswoman is asking
is that, with the worst intelligence failure in the history
of the United States, why cannot we have in this country a full
independent congressional investigation of who knew what when.
How was all this intelligence...
COLMES: I agree there should be.
MADSEN: Yes.
COLMES: But she went further than that.
She accused the Bush administration, if not Bush himself, of
knowing in advance, because he or his father would benefit because
of The Carlyle Group, which we'll get to in a moment. She accused
him of having advance knowledge of this. Do you concur?
MADSEN: Well, you know who else is calling
for an investigation in the financial
(CROSSTALK)
COLMES: But I'm not talking about an
investigation. I'm talking about the accusation that the president
-- forget the investigation for the moment. I want to talk about
an accusation that President Bush had advance knowledge. Do
you agree with that?
MADSEN: Judicial Watch is asking for
the same investigation of
(CROSSTALK)
COLMES: I didn't say investigation, sir.
With all due respect, my question had
to do with whether you concur that President Bush had advance
knowledge of what happened on September 11. Do not use the word
investigation, I beg of you, in your answer.
MADSEN: I won't use it. All I'll say
is, let the facts come out. And that's all Congresswoman McKinney
is asking for at this point in time.
COLMES: Well, that's not all she's asking
for. I would disagree that that's all she's saying.
HANNITY: Well, Mr. Madsen, I'll go to
you here. And I expect a direct answer to a very simple question.
What evidence do you have that our president was, in any way,
had any knowledge of these attacks? Do you have any evidence
at all?
MADSEN: Sean, the evidence is out there.
It was --
HANNITY: Wait a minute.
MADSEN: One place reported Salman Rushdie
had been warned two weeks before September 11 not to fly. It
was your paper, Mr. Murdoch's paper, "The Times of London."
HANNITY: What evidence, sir, do you have
that links our president to that knowledge? Do you have any
direct evidence, yes or no?
MADSEN: There is ample evidence out there
reported in the media about advance knowledge of what happened
on September 11.
Mr. Madsen, look, I don't want you to
tell me evidence is out there. This charge is against the president
of the United States of America at a time we're at war in a
conflict. You're making a charge that he has knowledge, prior
knowledge of the September 11 attack. And I ask you, sir, specifically,
what evidence do you have?
MADSEN: There was a warning that the
congresswoman referred to from President Putin before the attack.
..
HANNITY: A warning to who?
MADSEN: ... warnings from French intelligence,
Israeli, to the United States, FBI and to the CIA. And I find
it strange that, here we suffered the worst intelligence failure
in the country's history and George Tenet is still director
of the CIA. Can you imagine if they were airliners that crashed
into buildings in downtown Tokyo?
(CROSSTALK)
HANNITY: That's a different issue, Mr.
Madsen.
But, Mr. Madsen, an intelligence link
or survey or something that came in does not represent -- in
any court of law, sir, does not represent...
MADSEN: Why does...
HANNITY: Hang on -- enough evidence to
convict -- see, this is what's going on here.
Congressman, I'll throw it to you. This
is just an irresponsible, irrational political assault on the
president while we're at war. That's what's so offensive here
to me.
FOLEY: Well, in "The Washington
Post" today, Cynthia says she has no evidence. However,
if they would investigate, maybe some evidence would be turned
up. So it's like, what is she saying?
(CROSSTALK)
MADSEN: Why is the Bush administration
against an investigation?
(CROSSTALK)
HANNITY: Mr. Madsen, you're a journalist,
sir. Would you even print this on this flimsy amount of evidence
that you have here?
MADSEN: I've read the work of many journalists:
"The Times of London," the BBC, "Der Spiegel"
in Germany. They have all been reporting the same thing about
advance knowledge. Is everybody crazy? Are all these journalists
not allowed to express their opinion?
COLMES: I agree with that. But the investigation
aspect of it I think is something -- maybe she has a point on
that one.
I know you want to respond, Wayne. Go
ahead.
MADSEN: Well, it's typical. Attack the
messenger.
I mean, isn't it funny? The Republicans,
when Bill Clinton was president, they dragged him into every
possible conspiracy theory, except for linking him to the Lindbergh
baby kidnapping. I mean, now we see the same people saying
Cynthia McKinney has no right to her opinion. She's out there.
I think it's nonsense.
FOLEY: Wayne, let me just say this. When
they said that President Clinton launched the war simply to
take away the Monica Lewinsky story, I absolutely refuted that
and said that was absolutely wrong and unnecessary. I have not
let false statements stand, whether they were Democratically
directed or Republican directed. I think, in this particular
instance, she has a fiduciary, as a member of Congress, to
tell the facts and not lie.
HANNITY: Absolutely. Good line.
MADSEN: I think the Congress has a responsibility
to investigate.
HANNITY: Congressman Foley -- we're going
to give you the last word. Thank you for being with us, Mr.
Madsen. Appreciate your time tonight.
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