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Posted on Sep 15, 2006
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This week, our selection of the best Truthdig-flavored videos contains Keith Olbermann’s iconic Ground Zero diatribe against President Bush; Matt Lauer’s harsh questioning of the president on torture and secret CIA prisons; and George Clooney’s impassioned plea to the U.N. to act against the looming threat of genocide in Darfur.

No. 1: Olbermann to Bush at Ground Zero: “May This Country Forgive You”

In perhaps his most powerful monologue ever, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann savagely harangued Bush for using 9/11 as a wedge to pit Americans against Americans. “Who has left this hole in the ground? We have not forgotten, Mr. President. You have. May this country forgive you.”

  • Highlighting this speech and last week’s “Have you no sense of decency?” monologue, The Nation called Olbermann “the best news anchor on television today.”

  • Keith Olbermann

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    No. 2: Lauer Challenges Bush on Torture, CIA Prisons

    NBC host Matt Lauer confronts President Bush on a fundamental apparent inconsistency in his interrogation policy: If it’s legal, why are we doing it in secret CIA prisons abroad? Cornered, Bush doesn’t answer straight.

    Matt Lauer and President Bush

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    No. 3: Clooney Pleads With U.N. to Head Off Genocide in Sudan

    George Clooney warned the United Nations on Thursday that millions will die in Darfur if the U.N. Security Council does not send in a peacekeeping force to replace departing African Union troops at the end of this month. “After Sept. 30, you won’t need the U.N.,” Clooney said. “You will simply need men with shovels and bleached white linen and headstones.”

    George Clooney and Darfur

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    No. 4: “The Daily Show’s” John Oliver Mocks Bush’s Scare Tactics

    George Bush recently said “America is safer than it has been, but it’s not yet safe.” Attempting to make sense of this seemingly contradictory statement in a post-9/11, post-"mission accomplished,” post-Katrina world, “The Daily Show” came up with this rationale: “George W. Bush is the right man to lead us in the era post whatever horrible calamity he leads us into next.”

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    No. 5: Robert Scheer on “Gaping Holes in the 9/11 Narrative”

    Join Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer for a conversation related to his essay “Gaping Holes in the 9/11 Narrative,” in which he addresses conspiracy theories, Iraq, and the folly of the Bush administration.

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    By Silas, September 16, 2006 at 9:18 am #
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    Robert:
    Stop talking and LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE.
    --Free-fall speed of the towers
    --Molten metal in the rubble
    --Both towers falling in the same way though they sustained different kinds of damage
    --Building 7

    Just stop talking and look carefully at the evidence. You are getting close.

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