Jen Shroder
9/11 Commission on Hardball
By Jen Shroder
On 9/13/04, Chris Matthews of Hardball aired an interview of the 9/11 Commission, but after directing the public to read the full transcript at his website, I found a completely different version.
I taped the show, it was all about religious beliefs and terrorists. What is on the Hardball website is NOTHING LIKE what was said by Jamie Gorlick, Slade Gorton, Richard Ben-Veniste and Fred Fielding, all on the 9/11 Commission.
Gorelick said very slowly and deliberately,
"This is NOT a war on terrorism. It is a war against Islamist fundamentalist terrorists. These are Jihadists who want to achieve certain goals. They want to get us out of Afghanistan. They want to get us out of Saudi Arabia. They want to get us out of Iraq. They want to get us out of Iraq by using the techniques of terrorists."
Matthews asked if we never did anything politically against them, would they still have this rage against our country, against women being equal, against the fact that there's a different sexual moray in this country, all these things that they usually associate with this culture...
Gorton said, "Just ask Bin Laden himself. Bin Laden said three things: 'Get out of the Middle East, convert to Islam and end all the corruption of your society.'"
In another section, Ben-Veniste said,
The transcript posted on Matthew's site as of 11:30 last night is with the 9/11 Commission but completely different, and states it has been updated. At the end there is a stern warning which includes:
Since the clips I quoted are not in the transcription at Hardball's site, I couldn't possibly be in trouble for posting them (shudder) or using them in my lawsuit.
That's okay, if I can stand the threat of fatwas, I'll take my chances with upsetting a federal copyright.
What are they trying to cover up, anyway? The truth about Islam? Possibly OUR MISSION to rewrite a religion? At least they're being fair, our public schools are trying to rewrite the Judeo-Christian religion, stating that God's prophets of the Old Testament could not tell the future (I guess they skipped the part where Daniel specifically names the ruler that would conquer them hundreds of years later and other prophesies that came true, and are coming true today, in the Bible). Our children's 6th grade textbook, A Message of Ancient Days, takes Biblical stories and rewrites them, removing God and crediting the people with accomplishments, stating the prophets only made excuses for disasters.
Is this religious freedom?
Is this Hardball?
Chris Matthews, when you find out and post the real transcript, please let me know.
© Jen Shroder
On 9/13/04, Chris Matthews of Hardball aired an interview of the 9/11 Commission, but after directing the public to read the full transcript at his website, I found a completely different version.
I taped the show, it was all about religious beliefs and terrorists. What is on the Hardball website is NOTHING LIKE what was said by Jamie Gorlick, Slade Gorton, Richard Ben-Veniste and Fred Fielding, all on the 9/11 Commission.
Gorelick said very slowly and deliberately,
"This is NOT a war on terrorism. It is a war against Islamist fundamentalist terrorists. These are Jihadists who want to achieve certain goals. They want to get us out of Afghanistan. They want to get us out of Saudi Arabia. They want to get us out of Iraq. They want to get us out of Iraq by using the techniques of terrorists."
Matthews asked if we never did anything politically against them, would they still have this rage against our country, against women being equal, against the fact that there's a different sexual moray in this country, all these things that they usually associate with this culture...
Gorton said, "Just ask Bin Laden himself. Bin Laden said three things: 'Get out of the Middle East, convert to Islam and end all the corruption of your society.'"
In another section, Ben-Veniste said,
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"Our mission is to separate Bin Laden and the al-Qaida and the al-Qaida wannabes from the Muslim world at large to make it inhospitable, because you make it — you make their policies — you show their policies to be so unsympathetic to the religion that they profess, and your policies..."
The transcript posted on Matthew's site as of 11:30 last night is with the 9/11 Commission but completely different, and states it has been updated. At the end there is a stern warning which includes:
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Transcription Copyright 2004 FDCH e-Media Inc. (f/k/a/ Federal Document Clearing House Inc., eMediaMillWorks, Inc.), ...This is not a legal transcript for purposes of litigation.
Since the clips I quoted are not in the transcription at Hardball's site, I couldn't possibly be in trouble for posting them (shudder) or using them in my lawsuit.
That's okay, if I can stand the threat of fatwas, I'll take my chances with upsetting a federal copyright.
What are they trying to cover up, anyway? The truth about Islam? Possibly OUR MISSION to rewrite a religion? At least they're being fair, our public schools are trying to rewrite the Judeo-Christian religion, stating that God's prophets of the Old Testament could not tell the future (I guess they skipped the part where Daniel specifically names the ruler that would conquer them hundreds of years later and other prophesies that came true, and are coming true today, in the Bible). Our children's 6th grade textbook, A Message of Ancient Days, takes Biblical stories and rewrites them, removing God and crediting the people with accomplishments, stating the prophets only made excuses for disasters.
Is this religious freedom?
Is this Hardball?
Chris Matthews, when you find out and post the real transcript, please let me know.
© Jen Shroder
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