Blitzer Exclusive: Bhutto Blames Musharraf

Today on "The Situation Room," Wolf Blitzer revealed an exclusive e-mail he received from Benazir Bhutto's US spokesman Mark Siegel in October. "This is a story she wanted me to tell the world on her behalf if she were killed," Blitzer said, before reading the e-mail.

In the e-mail, Bhutto wrote that, if anything were to happen to her, "I wld [sic] hold Musharaf [sic] responsible. I have been made to feel insecure by his minions, and there is no way what is happening in terms of stopping me from taking private cars or using tinted windows or giving jammers or four police mobiles to cover all sides cld [sic] happen without him."

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Today on "The Situation Room," Wolf Blitzer revealed an exclusive email he received from a Bhutto aide in October. She stated that if anything were ever to happen to her, President Musharraf should be blamed. Bhutto was assassinated today. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1358313731http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=1178199204

From CNN, 12/27

Comments

[zapdog]

EXCUSE ME - but AMY GOODMAN on Democracy Now (FREE SPEECH TV) had this story last week!!!!! This is not an exclusive from Blitzer except maybe in his own mind.

[OneWoman]

She went to Oxford and personally knows Musharraf, and she had that many spelling errors in her letter?? That just doesnt make sense to me.

[ROBOT8]

YES! EXCLUSIVELY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, THE TRUTH IS THE GREATEST ENEMY OF THE STATE." -- Joseph Goebbels, German Minister of Propaganda, 1933-1945

[ms.understood]

This is extremely sad situation, because she was the most viable candidate to take over a country in which the leader, Musharraf, is desperate to keep control. I believe that Musharraf had something to do with her killing because she was the only one in which the people of Pakistan believed that could successfully run that country. In all honesty, if Bush had not coaxed Bhutto to return to Pakistan from exile in order to forge a bridge between herself and Musharraf, then she probably would still be alive today. If the people of Pakistan wanted Bhutto to return to Pakistan, then they certainly didn't need Bush to influence the situation. But again, this is another situation in which Bush has blood-covered hands.

[Bulbul]

Total nonsence !
Let`s not forget she was a politician and a good one !

[Dendroica]

There is an interesting point to be made here.

Responsible for her assassination, or for failing to provide sufficient security?

If the former, that's dramatic news. If the latter, I can't help but disagree. The state can't be held responsible for protecting everyone's life- the last time they failed, and killed a huge number of people. She should have taken better precautions, or simply continued her exile. I appreciate that she wanted to improve the life of her people, but now her death will potentially cause the deaths of unimaginable numbers.

[swift goat pet for truth]

So, enlighten my darkness.

Why should I care about ANYTHING Blitzer or CNN has to say about ANY subject?

[Tellmethetruth]

For bloggers who want to refresh their memories of what Joe Biden wrote on two occassions on Pakistan on Huffington Post on November 6th and November 8th - two months ago, here are the links.

It is worth reviewing to see how prophetic Biden was and right on the money considering how today's tragedy has worked out.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-biden/a-new-approach-to-pakista_b_71733.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-biden/we-need-a-pakistan-policy_b_71399.html

[darker]

Okay, President BushBoy, it's time to BOMB PAKISTAN where Al-Qaida and the Taliban are protected and flourish.

What's the matter?
You STILL want to go after Iran???

Oh, it's the oil fields?
...what it's REALLY ALL ABOUT.
Everything else is cosmetic: smoke & mirrors.

Nice, how Bush had CIA got rid of Bhutto.
Way to go, fratboy. The INT'L CORRUPT NANNY STATE FOR THE RICH must be kept going and going.
Paid for by bankrupted middle-income Americans.

[JoeBlows]

Think for a moment how we would be today if our "president" had sent more troops to Afghanistan after Bin Laden instead of cutting and running for Iraq.

[watchingthings]

President Musharrif of Pakistan is of no concern to GWBush. America should be very scared of that country....a land full of crooks and Alquida operatives. Their self imposed leader[musharraff] is forced to run elections so he kills the most promising candidate [most promising to trump his leadership] and hoping for and getting America's blessing with another 11 billion, Musharraff will make sure he keeps Bin Laden upto the latest news.

[AdamWykle]

I dont know if I can trust an insanely boring ex-AIPAC member reveal this "email exclusive".

[watchingthings]

I suppose that Mushariff thinks it would be much easaier to win the election after he kills all who oppose himn.

[watchingthings]

All in all, Wolf Blitzer is a leach on society and one day it will come apparent to the studio....in which case he will be sent off....to pedal his lies elsewhere.

[watchingthings]

Inadvertently, Wolf Blitzer killed millions of people. Should Wolf Blitzer be allowed anymore TV time? He is only a newscaster [as he says] and he picks his stories to fit the Republican agenda.