Iraq WMD, Case for War
What was the case for war? How was it justified?
Sunday, March 28, 2004
Ex-Bush Aide Calls for Testimony on Terrorism to Be Opened: 'Let's declassify everything,': including private testimony of the Condoleeza Rice
Ex-Bush Aide Calls for Testimony on Terrorism to Be Opened: "By THE NEW YORK TIMES | Published: March 28, 2004
In his first public appearance since testifying before the Sept. 11 commission last week, President Bush's former counterterrorism chief said he would welcome declassification of his testimony two years ago before a joint House-Senate intelligence inquiry into the attacks on the United States.
On Friday, Republican Congressional leaders said that they would seek to declassify past Congressional testimony from Richard A. Clarke, a former National Security Council aide, in an effort to demonstrate he had lied this week about Mr. Bush's record.
'Let's declassify everything,' Mr. Clarke said on the NBC News program 'Meet the Press.'
He also said that the private testimony of the president's national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, before the commission should be declassified. He added that e-mail messages, memos and all other correspondence between Ms. Rice and Mr. Clarke should be included in that."
Ex-Bush Aide Calls for Testimony on Terrorism to Be Opened: "By THE NEW YORK TIMES | Published: March 28, 2004
In his first public appearance since testifying before the Sept. 11 commission last week, President Bush's former counterterrorism chief said he would welcome declassification of his testimony two years ago before a joint House-Senate intelligence inquiry into the attacks on the United States.
On Friday, Republican Congressional leaders said that they would seek to declassify past Congressional testimony from Richard A. Clarke, a former National Security Council aide, in an effort to demonstrate he had lied this week about Mr. Bush's record.
'Let's declassify everything,' Mr. Clarke said on the NBC News program 'Meet the Press.'
He also said that the private testimony of the president's national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, before the commission should be declassified. He added that e-mail messages, memos and all other correspondence between Ms. Rice and Mr. Clarke should be included in that."
Bush Administration's 237 Misleading Statements on Iraq
t r u t h o u t - Henry Waxman | Bush Administration's 237 Misleading Statements on Iraq: "Bush Administration's 237 Misleading Statements on Iraq | Presented by Congressman Henry Waxman | t r u t h o u t | Report | Wednesday 17 March 2004
The Iraq on the Record Report, prepared at the request of Rep. Henry A. Waxman, is a comprehensive examination of the statements made by the five Administration officials most responsible for providing public information and shaping public opinion on Iraq: President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell, and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice.
The Database
This database identifies 237 specific misleading statements about the threat posed by Iraq made by these five officials in 125 public appearances in the time leading up to and after the commencement of hostilities in Iraq. The search options on the left can be used to find statements by any combination of speaker, subject, keyword, or date.
See the report
t r u t h o u t - Henry Waxman | Bush Administration's 237 Misleading Statements on Iraq: "Bush Administration's 237 Misleading Statements on Iraq | Presented by Congressman Henry Waxman | t r u t h o u t | Report | Wednesday 17 March 2004
The Iraq on the Record Report, prepared at the request of Rep. Henry A. Waxman, is a comprehensive examination of the statements made by the five Administration officials most responsible for providing public information and shaping public opinion on Iraq: President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell, and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice.
The Database
This database identifies 237 specific misleading statements about the threat posed by Iraq made by these five officials in 125 public appearances in the time leading up to and after the commencement of hostilities in Iraq. The search options on the left can be used to find statements by any combination of speaker, subject, keyword, or date.
See the report
Monday, March 08, 2004
Blix: Bush, Blair Knew They Were Hyping Case for War
Excite - News: "Blix: Bush, Blair Knew They Were Hyping Case for War | Mar 8, 9:49 am ET | By Jeremy Lovell
LONDON (Reuters) - George W. Bush and Tony Blair probably knew they were exaggerating the threat from Iraq when they were making the case for war, according to former chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix.
The U.S. president and the British prime minister ignored the few caveats in reports from intelligence services on Iraq's nuclear, chemical or biological weapons programs, he writes in his account of the months leading up to the U.S.-led invasion.
Blix says it was 'probable that the governments were conscious that they were exaggerating the risks they saw in order to get the political support they would not otherwise have had.'
Blix was head of the International Atomic Energy Agency from 1981 to 1997 and later chief of UNMOVIC (the U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission) until 2003." ...
Excite - News: "Blix: Bush, Blair Knew They Were Hyping Case for War | Mar 8, 9:49 am ET | By Jeremy Lovell
LONDON (Reuters) - George W. Bush and Tony Blair probably knew they were exaggerating the threat from Iraq when they were making the case for war, according to former chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix.
The U.S. president and the British prime minister ignored the few caveats in reports from intelligence services on Iraq's nuclear, chemical or biological weapons programs, he writes in his account of the months leading up to the U.S.-led invasion.
Blix says it was 'probable that the governments were conscious that they were exaggerating the risks they saw in order to get the political support they would not otherwise have had.'
Blix was head of the International Atomic Energy Agency from 1981 to 1997 and later chief of UNMOVIC (the U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission) until 2003." ...
