Never Believe Anything

until it’s been officially denied. Here are a few of today’s denials.

U. S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said “there is no chance that the major countries of Europe will let their institutions be at risk in the eyes of the market.”

French President Nicolas Sarkozy

Hours before the teleconference, Sarkozy and his prime minister “with a single voice reaffirmed France’s determination to put everything in place to save Greece,” French government spokeswoman Valerie Pecresse said of a Cabinet meeting in Paris.

White House spokesman Jay Carney

“What the emails make clear is there was urgency to make a decision on a scheduling matter. It is a big proposition to move the president or to put on an event and that sort of thing so people were simply looking for answers about whether or not people could move forward,” Carney told reporters at the White House.

“It had nothing to — and there is no evidence to the contrary — nothing to do with anything besides the need to get an answer to make a scheduling decision,” he said.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Tuesday denied knowing about the existence of the controversial gun-tracking Operation Fast and Furious while it was ongoing.

Napolitano told a Senate panel she didn’t find out about the operation until around the time of a U.S. Border Patrol agent’s murder in December in Arizona.

“Given the high level of information-sharing between departments, were you made aware of the operation while it was underway?” said Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.

“No,” said Napolitano, who was testifying under oath before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

This is so much fun I may make it a regular feature. Good to have for future reference, too.

1 comment… add one
  • Drew Link

    “….this parrot isn’t dead, he’s sleeping…”

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