Shortly after CIA Director George Tenet declared his resignation on July 11, 2004, Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage turned down the job. “Armitage concluded that the penalty for disagreement in the Bush White House was an implied or explicitly stated accusation that you were not on the team. …’Their idea of diplomacy,’ Armitage said […]
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7/15/2004
“Newer revelations about interrogation tactics at Guantanamo were revealed in an ICRC [International Committee of the Red Cross] report to the Bush administration in July 2004. The ICRC labeled the Guantanamo interrogation process as ‘an intentional system of cruel, unusual and degrading treatment and a form of torture.’ “ [The 15th of the month used […]
7/15/2004
“He [Saddam Hussein] went on trial in an Iraqi court in July 2004.” [The 15th of the month for date sorting purpose only] – Andrew Langley, Bush, Blair, and Iraq: Days of Decision, Page 38 […]
7/14/2004
In early February 2004, U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair established a committee to look into the intelligence gathered on WMD that led to the invasion of Iraq. The response was the Butler Report, which was published on July 14, 2004. “It produced a summary of the available intelligence and made it clear that the Prime […]
7/14/2004
Following the release of the Butler Report, the British study that declared the intelligence used to support the invasion of Iraq was ‘misused and exaggerated,’ U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair said to the House of Commons on July 14, 2004: ” ‘For any mistakes made, as the report finds, in good faith, I of course […]
7/14/2004
On July 14, 2004, the Butler Report, the British inquiry into intelligence relating to Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, said: ” ‘We conclude that, on the basis of the intelligence assessments at the time, covering both Niger and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the statements on Iraqi attempts to buy uranium from Africa in […]
7/14/2004
The Butler Report, the British government’s inquiry into intelligence on Iraq’s WMD programs, was released on July 14, 2004. It concluded: ” ‘As a result of our Review, and taking into account the evidence which has been found by the ISG [Iraq Survey Group] and debriefing of Iraqi personnel, we have reached the conclusion that […]
7/14/2004
“The UK Review of Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction presented by Lord Butler of Brockwell on July 14, 2004 expresses surprise that neither the British policy-makers nor the intelligence community in the UK conducted a formal re-evaluation of the quality of the intelligence, as the generally negative results of UNMOVIC [UN Monitoring, Verification and […]
7/14/2004
According to a declassified CIA report on July 14, 2004, captured 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed “had become key in the U.S. government’s understanding of al Qaeda plots and personalities: ‘Debriefings since his detention have yielded…reports that have shed light on the plots, capabilities, the identity and location of al-Qa’ida operatives and affiliated terrorist organizations […]
7/13/2004
Former Ambassador and Senior Member of the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (OHRA) Robin Raphel spoke about the OHRA’s role in Iraq in an interview with Charles Kennedy on July 13, 2004. ” ‘It was supposed to be a [Iraqi National Congress leader Ahmed] Chalabi-centered effort with the five other [Iraqi political faction] parties… […]