Drudge: Colin Powell Interview Interrupted By Bitchy Press Aide
 

BLEEP THE PRESS: CAMERA MOVED OFF POWELL DURING RUSSERT GRILLING; AIDE ATTEMPTED TO CUT OFF INTERVIEW
Sun May 16 2004 10:45:35 ET
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An aide to Sec. of State Colin Powell ordered a halt to a MEET THE PRESS interview and directed a camera to shoot a palm tree during provocative questioning by host Tim Russert!

Powell was being interview by satellite from Jordan.

State Department press aide Emily Miller fumed as Tim Russert went beyond the 10 minutes allotted for the NBC Sunday session.

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13 minutes in to the interview, Miller attempted to pull the plug.

As Russert grilled Powell on his presentation at the UN of Iraq's alleged WMDs -- Miller moved the single remote camera off Powell.

"You're off," Miller announced.

"I am not off," Powell warned.

"No. They can't use it, they're editing it..." Miller said on an open microphone.

"Emily, get out of the way. Bring the camera back please," the secretary snapped.

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Russert aired the exchange unedited.

Powell was 45 minutes late to the taping, a top source explained.

NBC's MEET THE PRESS joined in progress....

TIM RUSSERT: Finally, Mr. Secretary, in February of 2003, you placed your enormous personal credibility before the United Nations and laid out a case against Saddam Hussein, citing.

(Camera moved off of interview subject)

EMILY MILLER, STATE DEPARTMENT PRESS AIDE: You're off.

SECRETARY POWELL: I am not off.

EMILY MILLER, PRESS AIDE: No. They can't use it, they're editing it.

SECRETARY POWELL: He's still asking the questions.

EMILY MILLER, PRESS AIDE: He was not ...

SECRETARY POWELL: Tim, I am sorry I lost you.

MR. RUSSERT: I am right here Mr. Secretary. I would hope they would put you back on camera. I don't know who did that.

EMILY MILLER, PRESS AIDE: He was going to go for another five minutes.

SECRETARY POWELL: We've really scre...

MR. RUSSERT: I think that was one of your staff Mr. Secretary. I don't think that's appropriate.

SECRETARY POWELL: Emily, get out of the way. Bring the camera back please. (Camera returns to the interview subject) I think we're back on Tim, go ahead with your last question.

MR. RUSSERT: Thank you very much, sir.

In February of 2003, you put your enormous personal reputation on the line before the United Nations and said that you had solid sources for the case against Saddam Hussein. It now appears that an agent called "Curve Ball" had misled the CIA by suggesting that Saddam had trucks and trains that were delivering biological chemical weapons.

How concerned are you that some of the information you shared with the world is now inaccurate and discredited?

SECRETARY POWELL: I'm very concerned. When I made that presentation in February 2003, it was based on the best information that the Central Intelligence Agency made available to me. We studied it carefully. We looked at the sourcing and the case of the mobile trucks and trains. There was multiple sourcing for that. Unfortunately, that multiple sourcing over time has turned out to be not accurate, and so I'm deeply disappointed.

But I'm also comfortable that at the time that I made the presentation it reflected the collective judgment, the sound judgment, of the intelligence community, but it turned out that the sourcing was inaccurate and wrong and, in some cases, deliberately misleading. And for that I'm disappointed, and I regret it.

MR. RUSSERT: Mr. Secretary, we thank you very much for joining us again and sharing your views with us today. SECRETARY POWELL: Thanks, Tim.

(END OF PRE-TAPE INTERVIEW)

MR. RUSSERT: AND THAT WAS AN UNEDITED INTERVIEW WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE, TAPED EARLIER THIS MORNING FROM JORDAN.

WE APPRECIATE SECRETARY POWELL'S WILLINGNESS TO OVERRULE HIS PRESS AIDES' ATTEMPT TO ABRUPTLY CUT OFF OUR DISCUSSION AS I BEGAN TO ASK MY FINAL QUESTION.

COMING NEXT ...

(END)

Yeah I was watching Meet the Press when they showed it. That bitch is getting fired.

fucked up

No shit! You actually caught that on tv? I missed it. What happened? Did she go off all fucked up or what?

well meet the press was live but the powell interview had been taped earlier, but he showed the whole thing unedited where she fucked up. so she's in some trouble.

A LOT of people are pissed about this one. She will never work in the gov't again I would guess.

Oh that's FFFFUCKED UP!!! That's soooo STUPID!!! Dude you just saw history in the making!!!

That bitch won't get a job supersizing condoms in a Klingon whore house!

This administration is falling apart at the seems! But Bush'll win anyway.

What dumbass... you don't do shit like that. One things for certain she'll never work in government anywhere again. Maybe she'll start doing porn :1orglaugh

damn.. i missed it...

i think they replay MTP on cspan or cnbc or one of those channels later tonite.

anyone that wants to see it:

MSNBC will rebroadcast Meet the Press:
? Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. ET

CNBC will rebroadcast Meet the Press:
? Sunday night at 10 p.m. ET and 1 a.m. ET
? Monday night at 10 p.m. ET and 1 a.m. ET

Okay NOW I'm laughing so hard I can hardly type!

Can you imagine it:

Bush Administration Bush! The new porn website. Add Lindie (Iraqi Abuser Bitch) England and Condoleeza Rice and that site would make a fortune the first day alone.

This scenario is soooo fucked up. Her dumbass interrupted an interview with the Secretary of State??? Is she insane??? That compromises our rights. Man, I'll bet the Cabinet members are gonna chew her a royal new one come monday.

I bet she doesn't even make it to work Monday to be fired in person.

Talk about OWNED:1orglaugh

Here is a link to the video from a blog post:

http://algraffix.nstemp.com/powellMTP.wmv

I was watching that, too. It looks like someone accidentally knocks it off to the side and then you see this nice view of the Dead Sea. :1orglaugh I didn't realize it was on purpose until I heard Russert say he thought it was one of the staff and didn't think it was appropriate. I heard him talking about it later in the day while he was hocking his new book and you could tell he was ticked. He said Powell called him from the plane later to apologize.

The nerve!