05/17/2004: 
Fraud & Conspiracy
Someone is loosing her job
from Drudge Report
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.
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.
At a time when the government needs as much credibility as it can get, this gaffe makes it look like one of two things:
Neither one of which lends any to their credibility.
For the video of this, look here. For a text transcript, click "more" below.
