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Alias
Joined: 24 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 12:57 am Post subject: CIA Warned Bush of No Weapons in Iraq: Retired Official |
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The Central Intelligence Agency warned US President George W. Bush before the Iraq war that it had reliable information the government of Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction, a retired CIA operative disclosed.
But the operative, Tyler Drumheller, said top White House officials simply brushed off the warning, saying they were "no longer interested" in intelligence and that the policy toward Iraq had been already set.
The disclosure, made in an interview with CBS's "60 Minutes" program due to be broadcast late Sunday, adds to earlier accusations that the Bush administration used intelligence selectively as it built its case for the March 2003 invasion of Iraq and the toppling of Saddam's regime.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0422-04.htm |
I believe 60 Minutes airs Monday night here? |
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EFLtrainer
Joined: 04 May 2005
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| Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 1:01 am Post subject: |
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Can I say "I told you so", to no one in particular?
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Drumheller, who retired from the agency last year, is the second high-ranking ex-CIA official to criticize the administration's use of intelligence in months leading up to the war.
Paul Pillar, who was the national intelligence officer for the Near East and South Asia from 2000 to 2005, wrote in the March-April issue of Foreign Affairs magazine that the White House was "cherry-picking" information and that "intelligence was misused publicly to justify decisions already made." |
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EFLtrainer
Joined: 04 May 2005
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| Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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| "It just sticks in my craw every time I hear them say it's an intelligence failure," Drumheller told CBS' Ed Bradley. "This was a policy failure. I think, over time, people will look back on this and see this is going to be one of the great, I think, policy mistakes of all time." |
Couldn't agree more. |
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Alias
Joined: 24 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 12:57 am Post subject: |
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| Just further backs up the infamous Downing Street memo. The"facts" were being fixed around the policy for war. Still looking for an apologia from one of the neo-cons in the media. |
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