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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2011 15:55:06 GMT -5
The picture shows a lot of high level people in a small room, looking intently at SOMETHING
Lots of assumptions of what exactly they were seeing at the time....
The media world as it is now, is immediate......there used to be plenty of time to get stories straight before releasing them.....now, release and then edit as needed
That is the difference....
And i could care less what they were watching or not watching.....just thankful OBL is no longer among the living
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Post by marshabar1 on May 6, 2011 16:04:20 GMT -5
An excellent example why the Bin Laden pictures should never see the light of day. Agreed. There have been photoshopped photos of dead Osama for years. I love it when prim self-satisfaction meets political correctness. ;D
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Post by marshabar1 on May 6, 2011 16:06:18 GMT -5
The picture shows a lot of high level people in a small room, looking intently at SOMETHING Lots of assumptions of what exactly they were seeing at the time.... The media world as it is now, is immediate......there used to be plenty of time to get stories straight before releasing them.....now, release and then edit as needed That is the difference.... And i could care less what they were watching or not watching.....just thankful OBL is no longer among the living One can assume that since the White House released the photo following the killing of Osama bin Laden the two might be connected in some way. Nah!!!!! Simply a coincidence.
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Post by Opti on May 6, 2011 16:13:42 GMT -5
There have been photoshopped photos of dead Osama for years. I love it when prim self-satisfaction meets political correctness. ;D Is it really that hard to just disagree with us politely? I hate it when a poster makes up stuff about my motives that has nothing to do with what I believe.
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Post by marshabar1 on May 6, 2011 16:28:25 GMT -5
There have been photoshopped photos of dead Osama for years. I love it when prim self-satisfaction meets political correctness. ;D Is it really that hard to just disagree with us politely? I hate it when a poster makes up stuff about my motives that has nothing to do with what I believe. Oh sorry. Perception. Can't imagine why anyone would be against publishing a photo because it might (will) be photoshopped. Fact of life these days.
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Post by marshabar1 on May 6, 2011 18:25:42 GMT -5
It's all in the name. The Situation Room is where the buck makes the descent to its final destination. It's the most important room in America's most important building. When White House photographer Pete Souza released the shot of Obama, Biden, Clinton et al watching events in Pakistan unfold, the image of the Situation Room immediately became as famous as any White House photograph since Stanley Tretick's portrait of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr peek-a-booing through his father's Resolute Desk.
The intensity in Souza's image comes from precisely what isn't in the frame. We can see the President still in his golf slacks, fresh from nine holes at the Andrews Air Force Base course, but not what he's looking at.
They're all captivated, but all we can evaluate are the protagonists' emotions: Biden, poker-faced; Clinton, horrified and "no drama" Obama strung with tension like a sharp Stradivarius.
Whether they were watching a live feed from a Navy Seal's helmet or CIA director, Leon Panetta, describing events in Abbottabad, the image will be one of the defining ones of the 44th President's time in office.
The most shocking part is the room itself: a cramped space with Obama perched in the corner. Is this broom cupboard really the Situation Room? Well, no – not really.
We're media-trained to know that the Situation Room is the dark hub of decision making, where presidents, from The West Wing's Josiah Bartlett to 24's David Palmer, make life or death decisions. But although it doesn't look anything like President Merkin Muffley's "War Room" in Dr Strangelove, it has been the home of some of the most important calls of the last 50 years – from events in Vietnam and Iraq to the death of Osama bin Laden on Sunday. Built in 1961 after the fiasco of the Bay of Pigs led JFK and his National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy to rethink the White House's communications facilities, the "Sit Room" actually comprises a number of rooms tucked away in the West Basement of the White House.
Renovated towards the end of George W Bush's presidency, it hosts 25-plus conferences a day and provides constant updates to the executive branch.
The singular noun confuses. Many assume the Situation Room is solely the main conference room, but the complex also includes a private office for the President (complete with windows that fog up at the touch of a button), a "surge room" for unfolding emergencies, the "watch floor" where intelligence staff keep an eye on the world and a couple of smaller conference rooms. Sunday evening's cramped shot comes from one of these.
West Wing trainspotters might also enjoy the capsules with top-secret phones (nicknamed "Superman tubes" by staff) and mahogany panelling that's made from the same grain as woodwork on Air Force One and Camp David – lest the President feels homesick.
As these images show, we've seen the inside of the Situation Room since its inception, but never has its inherent drama been displayed so vividly as in Souza's work on Sunday evening.www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/chamber-of-secrets-inside-the-white-house-situation-room-2279689.html
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Post by handyman2 on May 6, 2011 19:54:28 GMT -5
One of the problems with instant media shows very evident here. There should never have been any reports released before the principals involved, namely the strike team, had been interviewed and the expected confusion cleared up. In a military operation or even a police raid and you have 15 participants involved you will have 15 versions of how things went down. Each person sees things from a different prospective depending on what they encountered or did in the operation. The pressure to get the story out brought about a lot of unnecessary confusion. Now the government has to deal with it. The president should simply have said a strike detail took down Osama and we will issue a full report once we interview the strike team and then everybody in the administration shut up. Things like this are why police departments insist that no body talk to the press about an incident until all parties are interviewed and the correct information is gathered. Should have been done in this instance to. I know the press is anxious to get the details but the white house should make sure they give the correct ones. second guessing does not get the job done. Just shows their immaturity in handling a stressful situation.
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Post by marshabar1 on May 6, 2011 19:57:06 GMT -5
One of the problems with instant media shows very evident here. There should never have been any reports released before the principals involved, namely the strike team, had been interviewed and the expected confusion cleared up. In a military operation or even a police raid and you have 15 participants involved you will have 15 versions of how things went down. Each person sees things from a different prospective depending on what they encountered or did in the operation. The pressure to get the story out brought about a lot of unnecessary confusion. Now the government has to deal with it. The president should simply have said a strike detail took down Osama and we will issue a full report once we interview the strike team and then everybody in the administration shut up. Things like this are why police departments insist that no body talk to the press about an incident until all parties are interviewed and the correct information is gathered. Should have been done in this instance to. I know the press is anxious to get the details but the white house should make sure they give the correct ones. second guessing does not get the job done. Just shows their immaturity in handling a stressful situation. It's a little hard to be circumspect and measured while you're trying to wrap yourself in the bloody shirt.
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Post by deziloooooo on May 6, 2011 22:29:38 GMT -5
One of the problems with instant media shows very evident here. There should never have been any reports released before the principals involved, namely the strike team, had been interviewed and the expected confusion cleared up. In a military operation or even a police raid and you have 15 participants involved you will have 15 versions of how things went down. Each person sees things from a different prospective depending on what they encountered or did in the operation. The pressure to get the story out brought about a lot of unnecessary confusion. Now the government has to deal with it. The president should simply have said a strike detail took down Osama and we will issue a full report once we interview the strike team and then everybody in the administration shut up. Things like this are why police departments insist that no body talk to the press about an incident until all parties are interviewed and the correct information is gathered. Should have been done in this instance to. I know the press is anxious to get the details but the white house should make sure they give the correct ones. second guessing does not get the job done. Just shows their immaturity in handling a stressful situation. Good point and I wouldn't be surprised if anything as dramatic like this happens again..that is what will happen, whether this POTUS or another..the man was dead..what was the rush ,especially the details of and when and who , not needed, and I still think to much was let out..but then again, I am sure that those who worry about those things were ok with what has come out..at least I hope so and were not over ridden. That was a good read marsha , enjoyed it...informative and got the heart pumping a bit. Well written by whoever.
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Post by SweetVirginia on May 7, 2011 0:21:13 GMT -5
Osama bin Laden is dead. No fog in that.
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