Guest blogged by Winter Patriot
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Tonight’s scheduled guests include:
GREG PALAST: Author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy on “Mr. Rove and the Access of Evil”!
DAVID SWANSON: Co-Founder of AfterDowningStreet.org on the 7/23 ‘Downing Street’ events and Comcast deleting AfterDowningStreet’s Email!
ERIC BREWER: BTCNews’ White House Correspondent/Blogger on Scottie McClellan’s WH Press Room shenanigans!
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network trouble, blog trouble … we have it all tonight!
you might be able to hear The BRAD SHOW tonight at
http://www.radiopower.org/talkradio
Brad,
The initial noise on your program sounds like 60Hz ground hum. There’s problem a microphone or amp that is not properly grounded.
At the moment you are coming through nice and clear.
Good luck!
Bill
News reports have revealed that Karl Rove CONFIRMED the identity of covert CIA official Valerie Plame Wilson with Robert Novak on July 8, 2003, six days before Mr. Novak published the information in a nationally syndicated column. This disclosure has obvious relevance to the criminal investigation of special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald.
But there is another matter that should be also be investigated.
Mr. Rove signed a ‘Confidential Information Nondisclosure Agreement’ before assuming his duties in the White House.
Under the nondisclosure agreement Mr. Rove would be subject to the loss of his security clearance or dismissal even for ‘negligently’ disclosing Ms. Wilson’s identity.
Mr. Rove has raised the implication that there is a distinction between releasing classified information to someone not authorized to receive it and CONFIRMING classified information from someone not authorized to have it. But there is no such distinction under the nondisclosure agreement Mr. Rove signed!
In fact this issue is specifically addressed in the nondisclosure agreement. An official who has signed a nondisclosure agreement ‘CANNOT CONFIRM CLASSIFIED INFORMATION OBTAINED BY A REPORTER’. This obligation is even highlighted in the ‘briefing booklet’ that new security clearance recipients receive when they sign their nondisclosure agreements.
Therefore, Mr. Rove should have his security clearance revoked and either resign or be fired from his position. And should this outrageous ‘outting’ of a covert CIA agent for the partisan political purpose of attempting to discredit a critic of the administration warrant criminal charges he should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law!
I am interested in Greg Palast’s take on this. Saving my phone call for him if brad is able to open up the lines for questions.
News reports have revealed that Karl Rove CONFIRMED the identity of covert CIA official Valerie Plame Wilson with Robert Novak on July 8, 2003, six days before Mr. Novak published the information in a nationally syndicated column. This disclosure has obvious relevance to the criminal investigation of special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald.
But there is another matter that should be also be investigated.
Mr. Rove signed a ‘Confidential Information Nondisclosure Agreement’ before assuming his duties in the White House.
Under the nondisclosure agreement Mr. Rove would be subject to the loss of his security clearance or dismissal even for ‘negligently’ disclosing Ms. Wilson’s identity.
Mr. Rove has raised the implication that there is a distinction between releasing classified information to someone not authorized to receive it and CONFIRMING classified information from someone not authorized to have it. But there is no such distinction under the nondisclosure agreement Mr. Rove signed!
In fact this issue is specifically addressed in the nondisclosure agreement. An official who has signed a nondisclosure agreement ‘CANNOT CONFIRM CLASSIFIED INFORMATION OBTAINED BY A REPORTER’. This obligation is even highlighted in the ‘briefing booklet’ that new security clearance recipients receive when they sign their nondisclosure agreements.
Therefore, Mr. Rove should have his security clearance revoked and either resign or be fired from his position. And should this outrageous ‘outting’ of a covert CIA agent for the partisan political purpose of attempting to discredit a critic of the administration warrant criminal charges he should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law!
Brad welcomes Eric Brewer, White House Correspondent from BTC News …
We going out clearly now?
Hey Winter & Brad-
I’m trying to comment again after getting blocked several times previously by grey matter. If it comes through, the show sounds loud and clear.
just signed on, sounding good so far
yes you are brad I am listening on Windows Media player
Sounds good. I am doing the multirate stream.
Please be patient, folks. The BRAD BLOG is having a really s-l-o-w day. We may not be able to do too much live blogging tonight but at least we can hear the show.
I can hear it fine, too.
FABULOUS!! What a clutch crew!!
Let’s enjoy this show!
Hi Kat! Call me, woman! 😀
BTW great show so far
Rock on, Kat! live radio!!
check, check
*sigh* are they having problems again?
Hey FYI… MI5 is checking out whether or not the bombers were tricked into thinking they could get out in time. Meaning they weren’t "Suicide Bombers"…
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm...name_page.html
Summertime Blues! 😉
Brad, so far so great!!
Thanks all!
Will do JPentz!
Hey Brad,
Can you ask him if the press corps is waking up, because Rove is probably the one who used to call their boss and threaten them if they questioned the admin’s actions? And now after four years of cowing to the admin’s attack dog, the press is finally acting like, "Ding dong, the witch is dead", and feeling their oats?
Thanks,
Jessica L
Is anyone else imploding on the irony of Brad’s use of Gerry Rafferty?
Rafferty may be the mildest "rock star" who ever lived, yet here he is, sticking a chisel in the cracks of this administration — every week!
Rock on, Gerry!
clowns to the left of me
jokers to the right
here I am
stuck in the middle with you!
Hi Kat! Call me, woman! 😀
BTW great show so far
kat sorry message posted twice cause this is slow. hehe did not mean to spam
thanks i lookforward to talkin with ya
Well, I suggested the song Summertime Blues but Marc Bolan’s version (the mighty T. Rex)! It’s awesome. 🙂
There’s David!!
No problem J. I did the same thing above. 😉
I’m giving the entry a few minutes to post now, and then I’m hitting the refresh button, and that seemed to work! FYI.
Studio call in number 1-323-650-1286, ext.13!!
Please watch the 9/11 Omission Hearings. They will make you cry, but they will remind you what this is all about.
Wondering if there has been an attempt by the Blair Administration to identify the source of the leak of the DSM in England?
#2 IF an "American Deep Throat" were to send damaging docs to an English Newspaper, would they be exposed or beyond the reach of the Bush Admin to suppress them.
thanks
just an FYI "reallynews.com" is also being blocked to some people by "Spam Cop" even thougn i have not sent out any spam or emails from it before.
Sorry about the slow BLOG! At least we’ve got a show on the air! 🙂
It’s a great show so far, Brad …
and you still have Greg Palast up your sleeve!
wonderful!!
Hi all, I’m late but I made it! Just in time for a new network to chase down too… It’s all good though.
Belated thanks to Eric Brewer for a great interview. Take good care, Eric, and get back to the Press Room as soon as you can!
Man do we ever need more scientists in that room!!!
If the Comcast’s Spam Blocking system is AUTOMATED, presumably http://www.ibm.com would be blocked if someone reported receiving spam with Big Blue’s web addy contained in the body of the text?
Brad,
Please ask Greg Palast if he aware of the investigation by Elliot Spitzer of NY into illicit money transfers from offshore bank accts into the Bush Campaign accts in 2004. And have there been any other successes in following the Bush money used to influence election outcomes in the USA.
thanks
I agree with you, Bushw@cker.
In fact I tend to the view that their BS system is Automated! Maybe they could use my idea for a new slogan:
"Get your automatic BS here! Subscribe to COMCAST!"
Thanks to David Swanson for another excellent hour …
David: I apologize for not giving you a proper introduction… but I am having trouble posting… We’ll have all this fixed by the next time you join us … and then I will introduce you properly — twice!!
In the next hour, Mike Rogers of PageOneQ.com will join Brad for another Big Gay Hour on The BRAD SHOW!
It’s nice to hear that John Byrne is digging in the spot to which Robert Parry pointed the other day — how did Rove find out Valerie Plame was a CIA asset? It’s a big question … and as far as I can tell, the answer cannot be anything but explosive!
Whew! Just got here. Sounds good!
What’s with this thread? My posts keep timing out.
The whole blog is slow tonight Peg — not just this thread.
You can still post but the reaction is not what you are used to.
Let it spin for a minute after you hit "Submit" and then reload the page … unconventional but it does seem to work!
also: once you hit "reload" you may have to delete your previous comment from the box in which you typed it … just to make sure it doesn’t get posted twice.
It’s ok Brad — you can blame the sluggishness of the BLOG on me if you like!
😉 WP
I would like to echo Brad’s big thank you to Shelby Labrie at RadioPower.org! A huge help and lifesaver today!
Is Greg Palast going to be live?
Thanks, WP. It’s always something, isn’t it?
If Greg Palast isn’t live with us tonight then the blame would go to me!!!
He should be coming up here soon LIVE! Yeah!!
I echo you on that, Kat! Thanks to RadioPower.Org!!!
JP: we will have to wait and find out … but I don’t think he’s gonna be dead! 😉
yes, Peg — but I would far rather have trouble with the blog than with the show!
WP #50 –
That’s for sure!
Loving the show tonight Brad! I didn’t get to hear all of it but I’m very excited about Greg Palast. He’s my favorite reporter and thank you for having him on your show!
Oh..and WP. IBC is also broadcasting Brad, thank goodness. With my slow dial-up, I couldn’t listen otherwise.
Loving the show tonight Brad! I didn’t get to hear all of it but I’m very excited about Greg Palast. He’s my favorite reporter and thank you for having him on your show!
I had an idea last week while working I’d like to share, concerning much-needed fund raising for Brad. I’ll try to keep it short so’s not to hijack the thread…
A person needing my services approached me about working out a deal in trade for goods, as he didn’t have enough money to cover my quote. I asked how much he could afford and if I could do the work for him on Saturday. I accepted his meager offer thinking that this would be an easy way to put in a few BRAD HOURS without upsetting my budget.
So today I did the job and after my expenses were taken out, I pocketed $40.00 in green-back BRAD CASH!! Cool huh? It’ll be in the mail on Monday Brad and I’ll be available most Saturdays for cheap!
We can help the needy people while funding the people’s needs, people! What else can we do besides this and this?
George W. Bush Authorized Covert Action To Help With Iraqi Elections
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Peg #53 that’s right and if I could edit the post at the top of this thread I would certainly change it … but that’s been inaccessible to me since aabout 10 minutes after I posted it … and at that time the RadioPower feed was happening but IBC was not … anyway it’s great to have alternatives, isn’t it?
That’s a wonderful, generous thing you’re doing, Torqued! Most people could do SOMETHING, I bet. What a great idea!!
Thanks to Mike Rogers for another good hour … Hope to have you back again soon, Mike!
Thanks to Mike Rogers for another good hour … Hope to have you back again soon, Mike!
oops — sorry for the double post there, folks!
YEAH Greg!!! He’s there!
Go Brad Go! 🙂
We are very pleased to welcome Greg Palast to The BRAD SHOW!
I’m even gladder than Brad! :-)))
Greg is so right on!! I’m so glad he can see through all the lies! Lies, upon lies!
Greg: "access to disinformation" — that’s it exactly!
This is the first night I haven’t had a problem listening to the show but I hear you guys are having a problem posting. Murphy’s law folks. 😛
Sounds great. Just got hear.
Remind us again George…why did we invade Iraq?
http://www.kaicurry.com/gwbush/remindus.swf
It looks like Murphy’s under control again, nonbeliever!
Remind us again George…why did we invade Iraq?
http://www.kaicurry.com/gwbush/remindus.swf
I have to disagree with Greg, I’m experiencing a little bit of schaudenfraude with Miller in the clink…
YEAH JPENTZ!!! You’re the best!
Where’s Kira btw?
Thanks Winter for all you’re doing (if I haven’t said that in awhile).
Brad — you’re doing great!!
Sounds great. Just got here
WP, I’m definitely not above Murphy’s law. It feels like I’m posting on a 14k modem here.
it’s ok to disagree, NB … in fact, at the moment I find myself disagreeing with comment #70
Greg Palast certainly has the situation dead to rights. Morality is under attack. I wonder why people’s waters are so easily muddied.
Kira is well but she’s away this weekend — thanks for asking, Kat! I’ll tell her you missed her!
14k modem it is, NB, but I’m tempted to believe that the K stands for Kludge.
The posting just speeded up somewhat!
Miller and Novak aren’t journalists, they’re nothing but Bush advocates. I can’t stand either of them. I blew my friggin top when I heard yesterday on Randi Rhodes that Novak wrote 2 articles about Plame. The first outing her, the second outing her CIA front company. Novak needs his ass kicked for that.
yes, Peg. it did. now we’re cookin!
his ass kicked? he needs to hang!
WINTERPATRIOT! I used to LOVE T-REX!! I remember seeing them perform "Bang a Gong" on "In concert" one night back in the seventies, before I was old enough to go out on Friday and Saturday nights!
Just checking in for a few minutes before I shut everything down, storms are wreaking havoc with my power and as we all know, lightning and computers do not play well together.
Thanks sooo much for the "Brad Show" open threads, and for archiving the shows. I’m never able to listen on Saturday night so always have to catch up later.
Anyway…
Y’all have fun tonight, some night I’ll have the house to myself and be able to join you LIVE!
*waving to Brad and WinterPatriot and the other 6 or 7*
Yaaahhhy!! The internets is so slow I corrected my spelling on the same post. It’s a muricle!
WP #82 –
…drawn and quartered!
Kes #83 –
Hi there!
NB #80: You said it exactly! They aren’t journalists, they’re spokespeople for the Bushevicks!
WP you’re right. I’m being too generous. We should beat him first though…
Kes? Used to? What’s that about ? I STILL love ’em!
I liked Greg’s example of monkeys and leprechauns — I just don’t like the leftover imagery that I can’t get out of my head!
Question for Greg. First of all I’m a huge fan and you’re my favorite reporter. Keep up the great work. I love all you’ve done. Here’s my question: I watched the PBS documentary on Karl Rove called "The Architect" (it’s on their website) and they told something very interesting in the first part of the documentary. They had a guy from the Washington Post and he was saying that they knew they were going to lose and everybody was acting like they were at a funeral and Rove was trying to keep things light-hearted. They got the word that Kerry was really winning and it was 43% Bush and 57% Kerry. Rove couldn’t believe this and he called up the people at the campaign headquarters and they were all saying they were getting out the vote. In his computer at the White House he set up a whole "war room" at the campaign and getting tracking polling and their OWN system and returns. The campaign headquarters contracted the exit polls. Did this group ask democrats or people in general or just their base? That’s what I want to know. It went 9-11 it went to a celebration. The next morning Kerry conceded and Bush was re-elected and Rove was giving a new title "The Architect". His hand was in all of it. For hours, exit polls were indicating that John F. Kerry was the likely new president. But Karl Rove knew otherwise. He had his own numbers, and they dramatically contradicted the exit polls. Do you know about this Mr. Palast? I was wondering about this. You can see the doc on PBS.org
Brad: I agree that the report didn’t cover all of the allegations.
We’re flying now!!! Greg and Brad, I just want to say thanks to both of you for focusing on election fraud and suppression these past few years. This is an issue I take very personally. I can take losing a fair election, but I can’t live with a stolen election.
I saw Greg on Like It Is in NY on ABC a few weeks after the election and he really articulated alot of the problems in Ohio. I really appreciate both of your efforts. Keep up the good work!
I’ve never gotten an answer on this:
Cuyahoga County Parma 8 E and Parma 8 D had different ballots. If the punch cards were counted in the wrong one, all of the Kerry votes would be Bush votes. Did anyone ever check this?
Thanks to Greg Palast for an excellent interview!
Please visit his site: gregpalast.com. I have spent many hours there and will certainly spend many more…
D@mn! It went too fast! Glad I listened!
what about the triad tech
We said this before a couple of weeks ago, and the more I think about it the angrier I get. The DNC report was a whitewash!! It didn’t mention the Warren County lockdown and alot of other incidents. Conyers’ report was much more thorough.
Greg talking about the incidents in New Mexico just reminded me how Bill Richards punked out of a recount in New Mexico last year. That dipstick will never get my vote if he runs for president.
I also heard there were some bad Democrats that were in on the suppression of black votes in Florida in 2000. Has anyone else heard about this?
I can’t stand traitorous Dems.
Thank you, Greg Palast, for Honesty!
Thanks, Brad and WP…faithful patriots.
yes, folks! the triad tech — the mysterious lockdown — the paper stickers on ballots at the "recount" — many more than we could possibly cover in an hour … more than we could cover in four hours!
But at least we’re talking about these things!
BTW: Jonathan Gold has been posting some 9/11 related links in this thread and urging us to remember that this is what it’s all about … for whatever it might be worth, I agree with him.
Thanks, Jonathan!
Ok reminding me of all the voter fraud issues is pissing me off. I’m getting a drink. Great show Brad!!!
On that, WP, I also meant to mention that Cynthia McKinney is having a 9/11 Forum next Friday.
Too damn much to talk about, too little time! 🙁
Thanks all! At least we got out on the damned air tonight! 🙂
Yes, The light is shining on the darkness of Bushco! They are shriveling in the sunlight. I love this blog.
And force demo(n)cracy on Iraq
(just like the 2004 US election)
In a statement issued in response to questions about a report in the next issue of The New Yorker, Frederick Jones, the spokesman for the National Security Council, said that "in the final analysis, the president determined and the United States government adopted a policy that we would not try – and did not try – to influence the outcome of the Iraqi election by covertly helping individual candidates for office."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/...cs/17elect.htm
l?ex=1279252800&en=4a49168c24325e4a&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
NEXT WEEK:
Journalist, Mark Crispin Miller
Rep. Maxine Waters (hopefully!)
Radio Dude, Tony Trupiano (reporting from Conyers Forum in Detroit)
WP, you did a great job once again as host.
Brad, nice song selection for your last segment.
Nite people!
(Meant to add a "Hopefully" for Tony Trupiano!)
Wonderful show, as usual! I love it here too, Colleen.
Great show BRAD! Feedback I received: He’s professional material! 🙂 I’m not revealing my source.
THANKs to everybody ’round here for hanging with us and supporting us.
Thanks again to Shelby at radiopower.org!
I’m beat!! Exhausting and exciting day. WOW 🙂
Any questions or concerns, of if you have a contact who would like to advertise with us, drop me a note at Kat@BradShow.com!
Enjoy the week in the blogosphere.
I knew this was gonna be a great show … and I am so glad that we all got to hear it!!
Thanks to Brad and the whole crew… Thanks to all our excellent guests: Eric Brewer, David Swanson, Mike Rogers, and Greg Palast… Thanks to all who have been listening and posting on this thread… Thanks to all our sponsors… Who did I forget?
Oh yeah, thanks to RadioPower.org for their invaluable last-minute support… Thanks to Torqued for a great idea (#55) and I hope it inspires others …
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‘Nite, Kat. Thanks for all you do!
Goodnight Friends. Thanks to everyone for your hard work.
Unfortunately our software blocked a comment from a good friend tonight. understandinglife wrote:
Am listening, for first time. Will make another donation in early August.
Had emailed Brad this week about Brad and David Swanson discussing the possibility that they would urge the Congress not to recess. If ever the Congress should stay in session, it is now. We all know the reasons why – our citizens are dying in an illegal occupation of Iraq, we have traitors in the White House, we know the issue about Bolton and we know that more than 60 % of Americans are not at all satisfied with the performance of the Congress.
I have a business meeting beginning at 5pm PDT and may miss when David is on, so could you pass this issue to the two of them for consideration.
Thank you!
Peace.
http://www.missionnotaccomplished.us
I have reposted it here even though it is too late to ask David Swanson about it tonight … because there will be other nights, won’t there?
Thanks to understandinglife and apologies for the software trap. Some days … I tell ya!
Brad mentioned briefly that Cuyahoga County investigators of corruption were dismissed by a Judge Hoyer and claimed it was on the wire.
I can’t find any such story. There is a Supreme Court Justice Moyer.
But if this is correct, it is big news and should have been discussed with Palast.
IMHO, of course.
yeah JS — it was Moyer, not Hoyer.
Raw Story has it someplace … I will post the link when I find it … unless some helpful soul posts it first.
re #114: here you go: Ohio Republican chief justice disqualifies Democrats from hearing corruption case
Ah, storms have moved on, kid’s busy with the playstation, hubby’s off reading somewhere, and I’m back, briefly.
Should be home most of next week, looking forward to catching up. So much is happening so fast these days – the neocon fortress is shaking like jello in a 7.2 earthquake!
WinterPatriot – Re: T. Rex – Okay, so I STILL love them, just don’t get to listen to them anymore – the kid is 13 and if he’s around, he has control of the music. Just need to get some T. Rex on CD is all – I still have a turntable but no one is allowed to TOUCH IT except ME!
Yer aces, WP!
For MMIIXX: The words left out of the Bush disclaimer about not interfering with the Iraqi election are the following "…as we have done in other elections, including our own in 2000 and 2004."
The fact that they would make such a statement is by itself an admission that they know how to do it.
Hi all you wonderful Bradvillers! Over here in Prague I have to settle for Sunday reruns or archives due to the time difference. Can’t wait to catch up on last night’s show. I’m blown away by the professionalism and devotion to the cause on display! Keep up the grand work. Yeah, as duhbaya would say, "It’s hard work," but it absolutely has to be done to save, yes, the world from this scourge. Suggestion for musical interlude: Quicksilver Messenger Service’s What About Me? The words are so topical today I can’t believe they’re 40 some years old. Gives me goose bumps…
This link, in the Christian Science Monitor, has an op ed indicating the Rove leak was part of a larger plot.
Sunday’s reBradcast is last weeks show, not yesterdays.
RE #120
It looks like Libby, Cheney’s neocon assistant, is also now clearly implicated in the Valery Plame leak case (link here).
Brad – I haven’t heard the music selection, but if you haven’t already, could you find a place in one of your shows for Nine Inch Nails "Hand That Feeds"?
To those who don’t know, the band backed out of a performance on MTV Movie Awards show because they wanted to play that song with a huge poster of George Bush as the backdrop, but MTV said they were "uncomfortable with their performance being built around a partisan political statement"
Nine Inch Nails drops MTV show over image of Bush
The lyrics are incisive:
What if this whole crusade’s
A charade
And behind it all there’s a price to be paid
For the blood
On which we dine
Justified in the name of the holy and the divine
Alison – Yup. Ugh. IBC. Yeesh…
Hang in there Brad.
I’ll catch the archives later.
Your show is worth repeated attempts at listening. 🙂
Re: changing direction in society, interesting review in Alternet (and see the many thoughtful comments) here: http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/23413/
Catherine’s #126:
What caused some of the great civilizations of the past to collapse into ruin, and what can we learn from their fates? Jared Diamond explains how we can avert catastrophe
Still working hard so it won’t require "repeated attempts", Alison.
Until we succeed, your "hard work" is very much appreciated! 🙂
Peggy, thanks for getting the active link up there. Much obliged!
I’ve got my link to the Brad Blog & Brad Show Community Assistant bookmarked again (and thanks as always to Torqued for providing this handy tool).