“In December [9] 2005, Douglas Jehl reported in the New York Times that the Bush administration had based a false assertion linking Iraq and al Qaeda on the word of a prisoner who had been tortured in Egypt and fabricated the intel to escape harsh treatment.” – Peter Lance, Triple Cross, Page 407 […]
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12/8/2005
” ‘At no time did the United States agree to inhumane acts or torture,’ [Secretary of State Condoleezza] Rice said in a public portion of her presentation to the NATO foreign ministers [on December 8, 2005]. ‘Even if terrorists are not covered by the Geneva Conventions, they have still applied the principles governing those Geneva […]
12/8/2005
“Wayne White, the head of the State Department’s Iraqi intelligence team from 2003 to 2005, observed [in a Washington Post article on December 8, 2005]: ‘Progress [on reconstruction] is running far behind Iraqi expectations in virtually every area. In their view, most Iraqis are not seeing *amazing progress.* All too many of them live in […]
12/8/2005
“In a December [8] 2005 video, [al Qaeda second-in-command] Ayman al Zawahiri called for al Qaeda fighters to ‘focus their attacks on the stolen oil of the Muslims.’ Referring to the purchase of oil at then-market prices as history’s greatest theft, he continued, ‘The enemies of Islam are consuming this vital resource with unparalleled greed. […]
12/7/2005
In a speech on December 7, 2005, “President Bush acknowledged that the rebuilding [in Iraq] had been slowed by violence, corruption, and misplaced priorities. By the time Bush spoke, only $12 billion of the $21 billion allocated for that purpose had been spent, and more than a quarter of that had gone to pay security […]
12/7/2005
“President Bush acknowledged yesterday [December 7, 2005] that the multibillion-dollar reconstruction of Iraq has ‘been uneven’ and hobbled by corruption, misplaced priorities and insurgent attacks, but maintained that ‘quiet, steady progress’ would ultimately transform the country. …Bush described several strategic errors in managing a rebuilding effort that he said proceeded in ‘fits and starts.’ By […]
12/6/2005
” ‘The reason she [Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice] is able to say that the United States does not engage in torture is that the [Bush] administration has redefined torture to exclude any technique that they use,’ said Tom Malinowski, Washington director of Human Rights Watch. ‘What makes this awkward for Secretary Rice is that […]
12/5/2005
On December 5, 2005, “the 9/11 Public Discourse Project, a watchdog group established by the [9/11] commission…to monitor the Bush administration and grade it on its efforts to comply with their [41] recommendations [to improve national security], gave the administration seventeen F’s and D’s. They gave the administration only one A, an A minus at […]
12/5/2005
To determine if the U.S. government is now able to prevent another 9/11 scenario, the 9/11 Public Discourse Project presented a briefing on December 5, 2005: ” ‘Many obvious steps that the American people assume have been completed, have not been. Our leadership is distracted. Some of these failures are shocking. Four years after 9/11: […]
12/5/2005
On December 5, 2005, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice “asserted that the United States does not transport terrorism suspects ‘for the purpose of interrogation using torture’ and ‘will not transport anyone to a country when we believe he will be tortured.’ She added that ‘where appropriate, the United States seeks assurances that transferred persons will […]