Bush Administration takes heat for a CIA plan to influence Iraq's elections

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,702122,00.html

How Much U.S. Help?

Oct. 4, 2004 President Bush and interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi insisted last week that Iraq would go ahead with elections scheduled for January, despite continuing violence. But U.S. officials tell TIME that the Bush team ran into trouble with another plan involving those elections — a secret "finding" written several months ago proposing a covert CIA operation to aid candidates favored by Washington. A source says the idea was to help such candidates — whose opponents might be receiving covert backing from other countries, like Iran — but not necessarily to go so far as to rig the...

[AndyA]

1. And we're supposed to believe that they would never consider such

a thing during elections here in the states, right?
























Where do they draw the line? At their own doorstep? Doubtful. As an American citizen, I'm sick of the manipulation, lies, and bullshit from the Republicans - ALL OF THEM.

[EFerrari]

2. I don't know what is worse. Knowing they are doing this sh!t

or having it in my face every single day.

[NNN0LHI]

3. Where did all them folks go who swear Maliki is not a puppet?

Its like they just disappear until threads like this die and then they are right back spewing their right wing propaganda again.

Just watch and see.

Don

[EFerrari]

5. Are there people like that here? I guess I'm not a very good reader. nt

[Reckon]

4. The NeroCons will rig our elections

but not a foreign election? That's hilarious..

[Solly Mack]

6. Why is Bush still free?

Illegal invasion.Illegal occupation.Farce. DeMOCKracy.