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White House 'lied about Saddam threat'(Gregory Thielmann, ex-StateDept)
The Guardian ^
| 7/10/03
| Julian Borger
Posted on 07/11/2003 8:45:11 AM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: Diddle E. Squat
This guy leaves the government in September of 2002 and knows that Bush lied in a speech given in January 2003. Guy must be clarvoyent or a liar himself.
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posted on
07/11/2003 9:36:04 AM PDT
by
Dave S
To: mhking
The White House overrode the CIA's objections about a statement in President Bush's State of the Union address that Iraq was seeking uranium from Africa for its nuclear weapons program, CBS Evening News reported on July 10, 2003. White House officials argued that since a paper issued by the British government contained the assertion, if it was attributed to Britain it would be factually accurate, CBS reported. Bush is shown during the State of the Union address, with Vice President Dick Cheney, Jan. 28. REUTERS/Larry Downing-Files
To: Yo-Yo
Then let's tell Saddam he can come out of hiding, let him have his country back, we'll apologize and leave, and Mr. Thielmann can move to Baghdad.Operation Nevermind.
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posted on
07/11/2003 9:39:55 AM PDT
by
Maceman
To: Dave S
"This guy leaves the government in September of 2002
You'll notice they didn't say what year that month of September was in. You've assumed it was last year, but with the media, who can tell?
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posted on
07/11/2003 10:00:47 AM PDT
by
mass55th
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To: mass55th
You'll notice they didn't say what year that month of September was in. You've assumed it was last year, but with the media, who can tell? You're right. He may have left 9/12/01 after screwing up his intelligence appraisal of Al Qaeda.
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posted on
07/11/2003 10:21:51 AM PDT
by
Dave S
To: Diddle E. Squat
"A former US intelligence official who served under the Bush administration in the build-up to the Iraq war accused the White House yesterday of lying about the threat posed by Saddam Hussein."
Uh, huh. Funny, then, that the CIA signed off on intelligence that Bush used to prepare his speech.
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posted on
07/11/2003 11:45:55 AM PDT
by
MEGoody
To: berserker
"The White House overrode the CIA's objections about a statement in President Bush's State of the Union address that Iraq was seeking uranium from Africa for its nuclear weapons program, CBS Evening News reported on July 10, 2003."
News is today (7/11/03), that the CIA signed off on the intelligence that Bush used in preparing his SOU address.
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07/11/2003 11:49:12 AM PDT
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MEGoody
To: MEGoody
If so, then the State of the Union Speach oddly worded the claim. It appears that it was worded that way to avoid CIA difficulties. As noted previously, "White House officials argued that since a paper issued by the British government contained the assertion, if it was attributed to Britain
it would be factually accurate" (though known to have problems).
I guess it depends on what the definition of "is" is.
To: Dog; William McKinley
FYI.
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07/13/2003 4:24:15 PM PDT
by
Howlin
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