Bush mixes Saddam, Osama

[Chantel]

US President George W. Bush has done for just one second what critics have accused him of doing for two years: mixing up terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden and ousted Iraq dictator Saddam Hussein.

The momentary slip of the tongue came as Bush defended his decision to order spying on US citizens without court warrants and assailed the leak that brought the controversial program to light as "shameful."

"In the late 1990s, our government was following Osama bin Laden because he was using a certain type of telephone. And then the fact that we were following Osama bin Laden because he was using a certain type of telephone made it into the press as the result of a leak," he said.

"And guess what happened? Saddam -- Osama bin Laden changed his behavior. He began to change how he communicated. We're at war. And we must protect America's secrets," Bush said during a year's end press conference.

The US president has drawn fire for accusing Saddam's regime prior to the March 2003 invasion of having close ties with bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network, which carried out the September 11 terrorist attacks. No collaborative links have been found.

[Hitman]

They're all lebs to me...

[craigwardo]

Lolz

[DC]

[Hitman]

[J Gonzales]

stupid americans

[mrkeys]

hmmm not really suprising...

the press in the US are finally starting to wake up smell blood and really hammer this administration.

if you go to http://www.crooksandliars.com there is an awesome video of Tim Russert verbally flaying Condy for about 5 minutes... always thought she was smarter than that..

[mrkeys]

On 2nd thoughts I think this may have been a deliberate slip of the tongue.

The Administration is being hammered at the moment for illegal wiretaps of US Citizens by the NSA without Court authority. This is an illegal offense and an impeachable one. If it is proven to be clear cut illegal then Bush will IMPEACHED.

This story will be bigger than Clinton getting sucked off in the Oval Office.

I think Rove and his boys have hit panic stations "Mr President go out there put your foot in it and deflect attention from the real stories"....What else is the guy there for...

watch this space. This has the potential to be one of the biggest stories in a long long time........

[Stasswardo]

can we talk about buffy now?

[Hitman]

can we talk about buffy now?

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