Dick Durbin: Fake But Accurate?

Charles Johnsonfollow me on twitter
Mon Jun 20, 2005 at 1:34 pm PDT • Views: 398

The saga of Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) gets even more outrageous, as the possibility arises that he fabricated most of the “FBI memo” he quoted in his now-infamous Senate speech: Durbin Revises and Extends Gitmo Remarks. (Hat tip: Myopic Zeal.)

One knowledgeable official familiar with the memo cited by Durbin as well as other memos said the FBI agent made no such allegation and that the memo described only someone chained to the floor. Anything beyond that is simply an interpretation, the official said.

UPDATE at 6/20/05 5:13:52 pm:

LGF readers point out that the memo (actually an email) from which Durbin quoted can be found at the ACLU’s site: FBI email. (PDF file.)

Advertisement

137 comments

^ back to top ^

Name:

Pass:

Register Forgot Your Password? Re-send Confirmation (To log in, cookies must be enabled in your browser!)

Turn off ads by subscribing!
For about 33 cents a day, our subscription option turns off all advertisements at LGF!
Read more...


► LGF Headlines

  • Loading...

► Tweeted Articles

  • Loading...

► Tweeted Pages

  • Loading...

► Top 10 Comments

  • Loading...

► Bottom Comments

  • Loading...

► Recent Comments

  • Loading...

► Tools/Info

► Tag Cloud

► Contact

You must have Javascript enabled to use the contact form.
Your email:

Subject:

Message:


Messages may be published in our weblog, unless you request otherwise.
Tech Note:
Using the Contact Form

More Partners

Compare Electricity Prices in your area. Texas Electricity is deregulated; you have the right to choose Texas Electric Rates from among many Texas Electric Companies.

Would you like fries with that?

TwitterFacebook
LGF Pages
Recent Pages

Mostly sane, most of the time.
What is in a name?
5 hours, 21 minutes ago
Views: 73 • Comments: 0
Tweets: 0 • Rating: 0

researchok
Emergency Crews Respond to Fire on Nuke-Powered Submarine at Maine's Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
6 hours, 50 minutes ago
Views: 101 • Comments: 0
Tweets: 1 • Rating: 2

wrenchwench
Formerly Undocumented, Long Island Heart Surgeon Hopes for Changes to Immigration Law
8 hours, 53 minutes ago
Views: 117 • Comments: 0
Tweets: 0 • Rating: 1

Haywood Jabloeme
Combat Exoskeleton Marches Toward Afghanistan Deployment
10 hours, 39 minutes ago
Views: 178 • Comments: 0
Tweets: 0 • Rating: 2

MikeySDCA
Federal Anti-Gay Hate Crimes Law Gets First Test in Kentucky
10 hours, 55 minutes ago
Views: 123 • Comments: 0
Tweets: 0 • Rating: 0

Archangelus
World powers convene in Baghdad for talks over Iran's nuclear program
14 hours, 15 minutes ago
Views: 138 • Comments: 0
Tweets: 0 • Rating: 1

ShaunP
Obama spending binge never happened
15 hours, 35 minutes ago
Views: 197 • Comments: 0
Tweets: 0 • Rating: 6

dragonfire1981
Pizza place catches flack for promo asking customers to order in Spanish
15 hours, 52 minutes ago
Views: 250 • Comments: 4
Tweets: 4 • Rating: 1

Learned Mother of Zion
Facebook Wrecks Marriages! Claim a Bunch of Divorce Lawyers
17 hours, 34 minutes ago
Views: 213 • Comments: 3
Tweets: 0 • Rating: 3

Curt
This INSANE Graphic Shows How Ludicrously Complicated Social Media Marketing Is Now
20 hours, 31 minutes ago
Views: 230 • Comments: 1
Tweets: 0 • Rating: 3

 Frank says:

Information doesn't kill you... -- Senate Hearing on "Porn Rock", 1985 during an exchange with a Born Again Christian.