Here's what U.S. Secretary of Defense [sic] Donald Rumsfeld
said today:
"There is obviously concern about Iran. It's a country that is -- supports terrorists. It's a country that has indicated an interest in having weapons of mass destruction."
Now read how
AP reported the story, and pay very careful attention to the placement of the quotation marks:
Said Rumsfeld: "There is obviously concern about Iran. Iran is a country that supports terrorism. It is a country that has indicated" a desire to obtain nuclear technology.
AP
completely fabricated the last part of the quote!!!! Rumsfeld said
nothing about "nuclear technology"; indeed, in the entire briefing, he doesn't even utter the word "nuclear." So there can't be any question that he was really referring to "nuclear technology" (or nuclear power) and simply misspoke; he very deliberately refers to "weapons of mass destruction." Which, I should point out, since AP doesn't, is an absolute lie; Iran has very specifically
denied any interest in weapons of mass destruction. But it wasn't enough for AP simply to have failed to point out that lie; no, they took the much more active step of fabricating a quote from Rumsfeld to make it appear that he did
not lie.
Unbelievable!
And note, of course, that this isn't just any lie on Rumsfeld's part. It is the lie, the lie meant to justify an attack on another country. And it is that lie which the AP is doing its part to conceal from the American public.
Reprinted from Left I on the News