[FedCom] The hump on Bush's back

[Peter Gottlieb]

I keep thinking of the movie "Roxanne" with Steve Martin.  Intercepting 
would be a great catch, but breaking in could make for some famous 
humour if done right...



Punworg wrote:
> I agree that any discussion of this subject should be
> strictly non-political.  It's an intriguing theory
> because various pieces seem to fit: prior incidents of
> "leaking" audio prompts, changes in speaking style,
> and then the debate humps.  I'm not seeing ANY
> first-hand claim of anyone actually monitoring
> anything.  The White House has expressly denied any
> audio assistance for the president.  But the White
> House also denies body armor, and there were
> definitely foreign objects on the president's back
> during the first two debates.  If someone credibly
> explains what they were, then the story probably
> fades.  Otherwise, it may be in for a long ride.  Save
> those "body wire" frequency lists.  It would be the
> catch of a lifetime.
> 
> -PDV
> 
> 
> --- gary <lists at lazygranch.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Without this degrading into my candidate is blah
>>blah blah and your 
>>candidate is blah blah blah, can anyone comment
>>about those news stories 
>>about the bump on Bush's back, with the assumption
>>that he is wearing a 
>>listening device.
>>
>>Trying to be as objective as possible, here is what
>>I noticed. On the 
>>first debate, at one point Bush blurts out "let me
>>finish" at a time 
>>when the debate moderator certainly wasn't required
>>to stop Bush from 
>>speaking.  In the town hall session, I spotted him
>>fiddling with 
>>something inside his jacket, which I thought might
>>be a volume control.
>>
>>This link seems to be the best I found on the net
>>regarding the hump:
>>
>>http://cryptome.org/bush-bulge.htm
>>
>>Most interesting is this paragraph:
>>====
>>Suggestions that Bush may have using this technique
>>stem from a D-day 
>>event in France, when a CNN broadcast appeared to
>>pick up -- and 
>>broadcast to surprised viewers -- the sound of
>>another voice seemingly 
>>reading Bush his lines, after which Bush repeated
>>them. Danny Schechter, 
>>who operates the news site MediaChannel.org, and who
>>has been doing some 
>>investigating into the wired-Bush rumors himself,
>>said the Bush campaign 
>>has been worried of late about others picking up
>>their radio frequencies 
>>-- notably during the Republican Convention on the
>>day of Bush's 
>>appearance. "They had a frequency specialist stop me
>>and ask about the 
>>frequency of my camera," Schechter said. "The
>>Democrats weren't doing 
>>that at their convention."
>>=========
>>I' m just amazed nobody with a scanner has found
>>this audio (if it exists).
>>
>>
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