Posted on 06/16/2003 2:16:21 AM PDT by kattracks
New York Sen. Hillary Clinton said Friday that she supported the Iraq war resolution last fall based on intelligence shared by the Bush administration showing that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction - information she now says may have been "wrong or skewed for whatever purpose."
Last fall, however, the top Democrat assured Americans there was no doubt that Saddam had WMDs - based on intelligence gathered as far back as 1998, when her husband was president.
"I voted for the Iraqi resolution, and I did it in large measure based on the intelligence that I was privy to," she complained to British TV interviewer Trevor McDonald.
"What is important is that we really do find out what the truth was," she told McDonald, "because this is not just about the past, whether or not the intelligence was either wrong or skewed for whatever purpose, but going forward."
After telling the ITV1 "Tonight" show host that she backs a full-bore congressional investigation into the Bush administration's handling of WMD intelligence, Sen. Clinton hinted in another interview that a cover-up may be under way.
"I hope and trust that this administration does not stand in the way" of any WMD probe, she told PBS's Charlie Rose, adding, "We must not be intimidated by those in power."
Just a few months ago, however, Sen. Clinton assured the nation that evidence of Saddam's weapons of mass destruction was solid - based on intelligence gathered by both the Clinton and Bush administrations.
"Now, I believe the facts that have brought us to this fateful vote are not in doubt," Clinton told the Senate the day she announced her support for the war.
She recalled that after Saddam threw U.N. weapons inspectors out of Iraq in 1998, "President Clinton, with the British and others, ordered an intensive four-day air assault, Operation Desert Fox, on known and suspected weapons of mass destruction sites and other military targets."
Citing intelligence that predated the Bush administration, she explained, "In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program."
"It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons," the top Democrat declared.
A month after the vote, Sen. Clinton was still insisting that Iraq had stockpiles of WMDs, and even warned that Saddam might soon go nuclear.
"There's a very clear history and intention of not only building stockpiles and adding to what they already have of biological and chemical weaponry, but attempting to obtain nuclear capacity," she told MSNBC's Chris Matthews.
"And when I talked to the AEI people, you know the Atomic Energy Institute people and the like, and I said, well, what do you mean? How far are we away from that? They said, you know, six months to seven years. Six months is a very short time period."
Well this is interesting. The queen of disinformation, supplying wrong or skewing information has spotted a problem. No stupid, it isn't with her lying or skewing. Are you kidding?
Hey Hill... Ya mean like Paula Jones, Jaunita Brodrick, Ken Starr etc?...
"I started to breathe, can't breathe... gulping for air... my mush head is starting to spin again... I can't find an ashtray... my head is Jello... I'm weak in the knees... (No wait ... that's Monica!)I can't breathe... "
This only works if you have a complicit media who will play the game along with you. Hillary does.
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