Speaking about the misleading statements that led to war in Iraq, President Bush said, on November 14, 2005, that “everyone had the same intelligence he had–[former President] Mr. [Bill] Clinton and his advisers, foreign governments, and members of Congress–and that all of them reached the same conclusions. The only part that is true is that […]
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11/11/2005
In a speech commemorating Veterans Day on November 11, 2005, President Bush said: “More than a hundred Democrats in the House and the Senate–who had access to the same intelligence–voted to support removing Saddam Hussein from power [in Iraq].” – David Greene and Robert Smith, “Bush Lashes Back at Iraq Intelligence Critics,” National Public Radio, […]
11/10/2005
While discussing the war in Iraq during a speech at the American Enterprise Institute on November 10, 2005, “Senator John McCain [R-AZ], the most prominent war hawk in the Congress, said: ‘There’s an undeniable sense that things are slipping–more violence on the ground, declining domestic support for the war, growing incantations among Americans that there […]
11/9/2005
“Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sidestepped questions about possible secret prisons, saying the United States was in a ‘different kind of war’ and had an obligation to defend itself. ‘We, our allies, others who have experienced attacks, have to find a way to protect our people,’ said Rice, who would not confirm the existence of […]
11/9/2005
“On November 9, 2005, the group [al Qaeda in Iraq] launched simultaneous suicide bombings at three American hotels in the Jordanian capital of Amman–the Radisson, Hyatt, and Days Inn–killing sixty. Most of the victims were Jordanians attending a wedding party and the attack provoked a wave of revulsion against [al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu […]
11/9/2005
"The perpetrators of the suicide attacks in Amman, Jordan, on November 9, 2005–reportedly Iraqis dispatched by [al Qaeda in Iraq leader] Abu Musab al-Zarqawi–appear to have been the first terrorists to have traveled from Iraq to conduct an attack." – Foreign Affairs, The U.S. vs. al Qaeda, 154 […]
11/6/2005
According to a Washington Post article on November 6, 2005: “The myth that Iraq and al-Qaeda were working together was not the result of an innocent and ignorant mistake by the White House. The president [Bush] and vice president [Dick Cheney] ignored clear warnings, well before the war began–from the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency and […]
11/4/2005
In a Senate floor statement on the “National Defense Authorization Act for FY 06,” Sen. John McCain addressed President George W. Bush on the implications of torturing prisoners: “But to do differently not only offends our values as Americans but undermines our war efforts because abuse of prisoners harms, not helps, us in the war […]
11/3/2005
On November 3, 2005, “Judge [Leonie] Brinkema, who was still presiding over the [potential terrorist Zacarias] Moussaoui trial, issued a modified order to the government to produce any video- or audiotapes of U.S. interrogations of terror suspects. …the Bush Administration told the judge it had no such tapes. …Sometime during that month, Jose Rodriguez Jr., […]
11/2/2005
According to The Washington Post on November 2, 2005: “at least eight countries have participated [in hosting clandestine prisons known as ‘black sites’]. …For the host countries, there were both political and legal liabilities. State-enforced disappearances are not only illegal in the United States, but such practices also violate laws in almost all of the […]