Posted on 08/05/2008 12:24:50 PM PDT by KC Burke
Snip-- CIA director George J. Tenet regarding the publication of “The Way of the World,” by Ron Suskind:
... the book is seriously flawed.
One supposed “news” item from the book apparently asserts that British intelligence had a high-placed Iraqi source who convincingly told them before the start of the war that Iraq had no WMD and that the British relayed this to the United States. As Mr. Suskind tells it, the White House directed (and CIA allegedly went along with) burying that information so that the war could go ahead as planned. This is a complete fabrication. In fact, the source in question failed to persuade his British interlocutors that he had anything new to offer by way of intelligence, concessions, or negotiations...
Snip-- The second nugget involves a supposed order from the White House to me at the CIA to have my staff fabricate a letter connecting Iraq with Al Qa’ida and the attacks of 9/11. Suskind says that CIA was directed to get an Iraqi official to copy the bogus information in his own hand — and then cause it to be leaked to the media.
There was no such order from the White House to me nor, to the best of my knowledge, was anyone from CIA ever involved in any such effort.
It is well established that, at my direction, CIA resisted efforts on the part of some in the Administration to paint a picture of Iraqi-Al Qa’ida connections that went beyond the evidence. The notion that I would suddenly reverse our stance and have created and planted false evidence that was contrary to our own beliefs is ridiculous.
Snip-- I suppose he had a story that fell into the category of: “too good to check.”
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
I respectfully disagree.
To qualify a statement by the phrase “to the best of my knowledge” leaves the door ajar, if ever so slightly, for an attorney to prove that you DID have knowledge in some way shape or form at some point in time. A memo or an e-mail, or a phone recording is all it would take.
The phrase “I can’t remember” or “I have no recollection” leaves the attorney with the impossible task of somehow proving that you actually DO remember. How do you prove whether someone remembers something or not?
Regardless of what one may think of Bill Clinton and his eight year soap opera, “As the World Burns”, he was a clever man.
Ask anyone prosecuted by a special prosector recently...
If you want to have a chance to stay out of the slammer, this is the way you have to say it. Even that didn't stop Scooter Libby from being convicted.
Should the truth ever become available, many would doubtless be shocked at not only what they've been doing to influence US politics, but also for how long they've been about doing it...
the infowarrior
I’d honestly be interested if any attorneys would weigh in on this topic ...
Not only are Liberal/Dem members of the CIA guilty of treason, so is Suskind, the author of this book of lies. In no other war - Civil War, WWI, WWII - would this kind of book, and these kinds of actions be allowed. The book should be banned, the author arrested, the traitors in the administration fired and arrested.
It is time to implement the kind of procedures to protect our Nation that would be used in any other wartime situation. Let’s stop playing games and get serious about defeating our enemies, both External and Internal.
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