PastaJoe Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 The Bush administration has conducted an extensive spying operation on Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, his staff and others in the Iraqi government, according to a new book by Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward. "We know everything he says," according to one of multiple sources Woodward cites about the practice in "The War Within: A Secret White House History, 2006-2008," scheduled for release Monday. The book also says that the U.S. troop "surge" of 2007, in which President Bush sent nearly 30,000 additional U.S. combat forces and support troops to Iraq, was not the primary factor behind the steep drop in violence there during the past 16 months http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...ml?hpid=topnews Asked about his interest in body counts, Bush told Woodward: "I asked that on occasion to find out whether or not we're fighting back. Because the perception is that our guys are dying and they're not. Because we don't put out numbers. We don't have a tally. On the other hand, if I'm sitting here watching the casualties come in, I'd at least like to know whether or not our soldiers are fighting." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 I like Woodward in general but to print that we were conducting a spy mission on Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is almost treasonous in my opinion. There are some things that should not be talked about for forty years or more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blzrul Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 I like Woodward in general but to print that we were conducting a spy mission on Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is almost treasonous in my opinion. There are some things that should not be talked about for forty years or more. Then perhaps the insider who gave Woodward the information should have kept his or her mouth shut. I don't think anyone would be surprised that a government who spies on its own people would also spy on it's "allies", do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Then perhaps the insider who gave Woodward the information should have kept his or her mouth shut. I don't think anyone would be surprised that a government who spies on its own people would also spy on it's "allies", do you? Every time a journalist is given information they don't have to print it. It's like Novak and Valerie Plame. They probably knew they were being spied on but the extent probably isn't known. Saying we know everything he says is going to far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Woodward is a great novelist. The only nonfiction he wrote was All the President's Men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Woodward is a great novelist. The only nonfiction he wrote was All the President's Men. Yes, he's never done any good investigative journalism since then. Is that he's written stuff you don't want to believe by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JK2000 Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Woodward is a great novelist. The only nonfiction he wrote was All the President's Men. Would you say he "must have done good" with that book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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