Comments on: Musharraf: Bhutto Knew Of Risks

Pakistan President Tells "60 Minutes" His Government Provided All Possible Security

[airjackie]

Now I disagree with the comments above I think Ms. Logan did a great job on such a hard subject. Thank God 60 Minutes didn''t ask Katie it would have been such a White House interview of cover up.
Ms. Logan asked the questions that allowed the viewer to know Musharraf was lying and she let him dig his own hold. She allowed him to show the world he was behind the killing and there was no love lost. He couldn''t even bring himself to say she was a nice person. Now strange he wanted her out of Pakistan while he held elections sounds alot like the Karl Rove fixed voting machines and pre printed voting ballots. it was the bump on the head, as he had the placed cleaned up to cover up the evidence. Then he knows she had documents to prove he was planning to kill her. Musharraf will kill anyone who tries to get in office. It was very clear watching Musharraf answer the questions that he would just like people to move on as the US did when JFK was assassinated. Look the US is the example to the World on when a US President is assassinated by the US all you need is a stupid story and people will believe it and move on. Later when the truth is found out it''s to late. Now that Obama and Hillary are the leading candidates there will surely be a Republican back in office, US will be in Bankruptcy so the Saudis can walk in. Congratulations to Mr. Musharraf he picked the best corrupt Government to follow.

[jesseusn]

Ms. Logan came out of nowhere to become CBS'' chief foreign affairs correspondent and just as quickly disappeared from that role. I''m sure she thought the interview was a success since she got a quote out of context: "Bhutto''s assissination her own fault". Might as well go back to watching NBC''s Dateline blow up Chevy trucks.

[nowarforzion]

''Sixty Minutes'' is controlled by Israel firsters which is why they refused to do a segment on the Mearsheimer/Walt book (www.israellobbybook.com) as the email exchange (via the following URL) with the executive office conveys:

CBS ''60 Minutes'' refusing to cover Mearsheimer/Walt book:

http://tinyurl.com/2nhkod

Lara Logan knows about the Mearsheimer/Walt book but couldn''t cover it on ''60 Minutes'' even if she wanted to.. The ''American'' (Israel first) US media is a joke when it comes to issues involving Israel...

[tom8030]

The interview could have been much more informative and indepth if you had someone who knew what they were doing. Who decided to place an blonde woman in an interview with the leader in a mainly Muslim Country?
Ms. Logan came across as mature as a high school student would in the same situation. She was inappropriate for the interview. 60 Minutes could have grabbed any high school student in the US and come up with the same questions Ms. Logan put forth.
How CBS thinks Ms. Logan should be on 60 minutes is beyond me. She clearly lacks jornalism skills and would be better suited to interviewing the stars in Hollywood. She has no business being on a news show at this point in time. And, she certainly does not belong on 60 Minutes. The sement on Musharraf could have been much better with someone who knew what they were doing.

[atodaro5]

Sara Logan is a novice, instead of asking questions she was practically giving Musharaff the answers and putting "words into Musharaff''s mouth" This interview should have been done by Christiane Amanpour or a senior correspondent at CBS. CBS blew this interview, they had a great opportunity to ask Musharaff the right questions, example what has become of the billions of US dollars given to Karachi as aid. What progress has been made with the money and why Benazir Bhutto was not given sufficient security when she requested for same. Perhaps Sara Logan should have done her homework right.

Ambiga

[ej03202002]

Shame, shame, shame on Lara Logan. I thought she was way past being a journo-in-training. I thought she was a professional broadcast journalist. She was accusatory, disrespectful to a head of state, and was lucky that Musharaf did not unplug like Sarkozy. George Bush has the blood of over 4,000 US soldiers on his hands - would she every treat Bush like that? Under Bush watch, so many illegal aliens are crossing the Canadian and Mexican borders, would she ever blame Bush to his face for what is going on right here. Yes, this is a case where you blame the victim because for all the Harvard education she has acquired she was still stupid to open the top of a bullet proof car and expose herself. Lara Logan needs to go the the Mike Wallace, Steve Kroft and Ed Bradley School of Journalist before making another appearance on 60 minutes because she has dumbed down the program with her piece.

Try this link for Dr. Friedman''s article: "Pakistan, Bhutto and the U.S.-Jihadist Endgame" article and some intelligent discussion regarding Pakistan.

http://blogs.stratfor.com/friedman/

[tmk000]

Specific areas where Logan was deficient:
1. Not a single question about the "investigations" of the previous bombing and this assassination. This was stunning.
2. Not a single question about why he gets to decide who is allowed in his country and when, or anything about sacking the supreme court, etc.
3. No questions about allowing US to assist with his tiny little terrorism problem in that tiny corner of his country.
Those questions about bin Laden were just cringe-inducing.

[ashrea]

Last night was the first time I have watched 60 minutes in years. I have to say I was extremely disappointed. Lara Logan%u2019s entire approach and line of questioning was asinine. Asking Musharraf if he liked Bhutto on a personal level is comparable to asking Bush during the last presidential campaign if he liked Kerry on a personal level. What a silly and uninformative question! She was not someone I would admire (exiled due to corruption charges), not that he is either, but it would have been nice to see a sensible, well thought out set of questions. She sounded like she was questioning an individual accused of killing a coworker, not the leader of a country. And, the entire line of questioning regarding the Pakistani fight against terrorism was ridiculous. It is not Musharraf%u2019s job to find Osama Bin Laden should Bin Laden in fact be in Pakistan. It is America%u2019s task. We are far more powerful than Pakistan and cannot get the job done. How in the world does Logan expect Musharraf to accept sole responsibility for finding Bin Laden? I wanted to hear about Pakistan%u2019s efforts to fight extremism as a whole. The entire interview was combative, disrespectful, and uninformative. Very unimpressive.

[tmk000]

Specific areas where Logan was deficient:
1. Not a single question about the "investigations" of the previous bombing and this assassination. This was stunning.
2. Not a single question about why he gets to decide who is allowed in his country and when, or anything about sacking the supreme court, etc.
3. No questions about allowing US to assist with his tiny little terrorism problem in that tiny corner of his country.
Those questions about bin Laden were just cringe-inducing.

[vshah00]

Disappointing interview - the reporter was simplistic and shallow. What was the value of this presentation? One can only wonder and shake one''s head in regret at the quality of the journalism and news analysis.

[utopiandream]

Poor unprofessional journalism. Although I am no fan of Musharraf''s, certainly the issue at hand deserved more respect than Ms. Logan''s "Did you like her" and "Sounds like you were annoyed with her". What did she expect Musharraf to reply with - "Yes I was so annoyed with her that I called Osama Bin Laden and ordered her killing."

I wish CBS had done its research, sent in a seasoned journalist who had asked and respectfully got answers to difficult but real questions instead of this biased sham.

[pixelslinger]

Discussions like these - novice, underinformed, self-important - remind me why the Internet isn''t really such a good thing.

I''m all for everyone having a voice, it''s just that not everyone has earned the microphone.

[dalley7]

ditto DeGrant1. i was extremely embarassed to watch this interview. Lara Logan is no "top notch" reporter. waving the pen and asking questions in a juvenile manner to someone respectfully or not is a world leader.

[kaddie23]

This is typical example of biased media. How in the world would she know that Osama is in Pakistan. She sounded no better than Hamid Karzai who constantly accuses Pakistan for all the problems that he can not control. Similarly, Lara Logan seemd to be putting our own blame on Musharaf. We have used all possible means we had to to destroy Afghanistan and yet accomplished nothing other than more terrorism. Why could we not catch or eridicate Osama/Taliban fromk Afghanistan with all mighty military and the best airforce? Now we simply seem to rely on presidnet Musharaf to do the job we have failed to do... Too much bias in the interview.

[bhuber58]

Lara Logan is a top notch reporter who goes after real news. She risks her life to go to places that very few other reporters go. The USA has spent a lot of tax payer money (billions) to this country last year alone. Is Musharraf credible? If he was insulted by Ms Logan''s questions, then he should review his actions that spark these kind of questions. Lara is tops.

[bronzo2]

Does anyone cares to know that Ms. Bhuto had be convicted twice of corruption in Pakistan? While her husband (who lived in Dubai while she lived in England) was famous by the name of Mr. 20%(meaning that he had to have a 20% work execution commission involved in every sector of commerce during the leadership of Ms. Bhuto?) President Musharaf is the best thing happened so far to the Pakistani people and economy. He not only went back to the records and collected all the past due funds i.e. 10 years old electric bills from the richest(stacked under the bribery pile) and helped reduced the national debt not to mention his mission towards a progressing non corrupt and a literate nation. 60 minutes, please refrain from sending "National Enquirer" type of reporters to interview such high profile personalities as there is enough stigma towards an average american. I believe Dan Rather would have been a better choice!

[degrant1]

CBS needs a more professional, cutting-edge interviewer to query a master, two-faced desert rat like Musharraf.

Unfortunately Lara Logan''s body language & tone in this interview was counter-productive and quickly doused any chances of extracting anything but the normal political rhetoric.

In the end of it, clearly defeated, the million dollar interviewer could only revert to a series of mild interjections, head-bobbing & wry smiles - thus letting the ''General of Pak Operations'' cleanly off any hook that may have been snagged on.

[kaddie23]

This is typical example of biased media. How in the world would she know that Osama is in Pakistan. She sounded no better than Hamid Karzai who constantly accuses Pakistan for all the problems that he can not control. Similarly, Lara Logan seemd to be putting our own blame on Musharaf. We have used all possible means we had to to destroy Afghanistan and yet accomplished nothing other than more terrorism. Why could we not catch or eridicate Osama/Taliban fromk Afghanistan with all mighty military and the best airforce? Now we simply seem to rely on presidnet Musharaf to do the job we have failed to do... Too much bias in the interview.

[kaddie23]

This is typical example of biased media. How in the world would she know that Osama is in Pakistan. She sounded no better than Hamid Karzai who constantly accuses Pakistan for all the problems that he can not control. Similarly, Lara Logan seemd to be putting our own blame on Musharaf. We have used all possible means we had to to destroy Afghanistan and yet accomplished nothing other than more terrorism. Why could we not catch or eridicate Osama/Taliban fromk Afghanistan with all mighty military and the best airforce? Now we simply seem to rely on presidnet Musharaf to do the job we have failed to do... Too much bias in the interview.