“The heart of the [CIA] agency’s case [in their October 1, 2002, National Intelligence Estimate] was built around four factual claims–that Iraq was trying to buy a kind of uranium ore called yellowcake in Niger; that Iraq was trying to buy thousands of aluminum tubes that could be used as rotors in a centrifuge to […]
Category: quotes
10/1/2002
In analyzing the NIE (National Intelligence Estimate) completed on October 1, 2002, in terms of its importance to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, then-CIA Director George Tenet wrote: “An NIE had never been relied upon as a basis for going to war, and, in my view, the decision to invade Iraq was not solely predicated […]
10/1/2002
“And the NIE [national intelligence estimate] of October [1] 2002, entitled ‘Iraq’s Continuing Programs for Weapons of Mass Destruction,’ stated that Iraq had been ‘vigorously trying to procure uranium ore and yellowcake’ (the ‘yellowcake’ a reference to the Niger claim). Based partly on this NIE, Congress voted overwhelmingly and across party lines on October 11, […]
10/1/2002
“The October [1] 2002 National Intelligence Estimate [NIE] on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction concluded that Iraq has ‘transportable facilities for producing bacterial and toxin agents.’ The NIE said it had multiple sources for that assertion, but in fact it was based almost entirely on [Iraqi defector] Curveball.” – James Risen, State of War, Page […]
10/1/2002
“The most important prewar intelligence report that the Bush administration relied upon to justify its going to war in Iraq was the…October 1, 2002, National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), a CIA report that utilized the input of every intelligence agency in the federal government…and was classified ‘Top Secret.’ The NIE report (titled ‘Iraq’s Continuing Programs for […]
10/1/2002
The October 1, 2002 National Intelligence Estimate “claimed that there were multiple sources for the mobile germ warfare claim [in Iraq]. In fact, [Iraqi informant] Curveball had produced scores of reports on this while two other sources produced one report each, so this was a gross misrepresentation. In any event, one of the sources, an […]
10/1/2002
“On Tuesday, October 1 [2002], [President] Bush and [Vice President Dick] Cheney met with a dozen members of the House International Relations Committee in the White House Cabinet Room. ‘We cannot let history judge us and ask where was George W. Bush and Dick Cheney …People out there say you cannot fight in Afghanistan and […]
10/1/2002
” ‘We reject the condescending view that freedom will not grow in the soil of the Middle East–or that Muslims somehow do not share the desire to be free,’ [National Security Advisor] Condoleezza Rice said last October [1, 2002].” – Lawrence F. Kaplan and William Kristol, The War Over Iraq, Page 103 […]
9/28/2002
“In his weekly radio address [on September 28, 2002], President Bush says the Iraqi regime ‘has longstanding and continuing ties to terrorist groups, and there are Al Qaeda terrorists inside Iraq.’ ” – Frank Rich, The Greatest Story Ever Sold, Page 249 […]
9/28/2002
While pushing for the Homeland Security Bill, President George W. Bush had this to say: “Saddam Hussein has got a choice, and that is, he can disarm. There’s no negotiations, by the way. There’s nothing to negotiate with him. He told the world he would disarm 11 years ago, and he’s lied to the world. (Applause.) It’s […]