Hmmm. Plug the blue cable into the mixer — that’s microphone 1, right? Or is it the black cable? Blue or black. Black or blue? I have no idea — let’s go with the black one. Oops! Maybe that’s what happened. Or maybe the Russians wanted the exchange to be leaked. Either way, Condoleeza and Sergey got to share a frank in camera conversation today because a private audio feed was somehow plugged into CNN’s mixing board. CNN has been airing snippets of the pair’s faltering attempts to concoct a common response to the recent assassination of four Russian diplomats in Iraq. Given the amount of surveillance activity that is now routinely conducted as part of the “war on terror”, it’s a tad ironic that these two were spied upon in such a public fashion. During the exchange Rice referred to the Iraqi people as “hapless” victims of the insurgency. I guess Condee proves that we’re are all hapless at least some of the time.
| January 06 2009 |
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