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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Monday, November 07, 2005

The Bush admin intentionally "misrepresented" Iraq intel

In the WaPo poll not long ago, a majority of Americans responded that Bush should be impeached if it was proven that his administration had lied about WMD to launch the war in Iraq.

US military intelligence warned the Bush administration as early as February 2002 that its key source on Al-Qaeda's relationship with Iraq had provided "intentionally misleading" data, according to a declassified report.

Nevertheless, eight months later, President George W. Bush went public with charges that the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein had trained members of Osama bin Laden's terror network in manufacturing deadly poisons and gases.

These same accusations had found their way into then-secretary of state Colin Powell's February 2003 speech before the UN Security Council, in which he outlined the US rationale for military action against Iraq.

So whattya think? Did they lie?

This refers back to the NY Times piece yesterday.

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