Hugo Chavez Hallucinating
The president of Venezuela appears to be hallucinating. Today he told a campaign rally that he caught four US spies and returned them to the US - or at least I think that is what is babbling is saying. When queried by reporters, a US government spokesman simply replied that he had, "No idea what the president is talking about".
Without offering specifics, Chavez said that one woman was caught not long ago while taking photos in the north-central city of Valencia.
"I've caught four of their spies, four, and I've put them back in their hands," Chavez told a campaign rally in western Venezuela Friday night.
U.S. Embassy spokesman Brian Penn said Saturday that more than a year ago, a clerical official working in a military office at the embassy had her purse stolen in Valencia and that inside it was a disposable camera.
The woman, who was on a temporary assignment in Venezuela and eventually moved on to other duties, was never detained or formally accused of spying, Penn said.
Chavez also expelled a US naval attaché a while back - the US responded by ejecting a Venezuelan diplomat. While I have no doubt that some intelligence gathering is ongoing in Venezuela, I rather doubt Chavez or his people actually caught anyone at it.
We could mess with his head and tell him that Cindy Sheehan is actually working for the CIA, though.
World news | Gaius Saturday, 19 August , 2006
By Roland Hesz, Monday, 21 August , 2006 @ 5:48 am
“While I have no doubt that some intelligence gathering is ongoing in Venezuela, I rather doubt Chavez or his people actually caught anyone at it. ”
Hmm.. He just told they did. Is that unimaginable?
And that US denies it. I would deny it.
In this game, I would not take the word of either side.
Maybe they caught, maybe they did not.
Who knows. You or me, well we won’t, ever, I am sure