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June 06, 2005

Downing Street Memo

soldierface.GIF The "nobody died when Clinton lied" crowd is using cyberspace and some new evidence to strike a blow at President Bush.

I recently received an email from the one of the most "active" online activsits on the left - David Swanson. His latest project After Downing Street is causing quite a stir.

Swanson noted that they put the site up less than two weeks ago and within a few days it was consistently hitting over 1 million hits and 10,000 visits per day. C-Span's Washington Journal today covered this as a "blogging phenomenon."

There's also an alliance of bloggers backing the efforts.

Also see the links below if you have no idea what the Downing Street Memo is all about:

  • Inspired By Kos Dairy, Bloggers Take On U.S. Over 2002 Iraq Planning Memo (Raw Story) In response to U.S. media silence surrounding the official minutes of a pre-war meeting leaked on the eve of the recent British elections, a foursome created a website referencing the memo written in the heart of British government, 10 Downing Street. (May  24, 2005)

  • 'Downing Street Memo' Web Campaign For Coverage (NBC11.com) Some things that happen in Britain we hear about, some things we don't. (May  23, 2005)

  • The Blog From The Heart Of Downing St (BBC) Events at the centre of government could become clearer for the public with the launch of an independent website which aims to let people inspect exactly what Downing Street has said. (March  2, 2004)

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    Posted by Buzz Webster at June 6, 2005 05:41 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

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