In an interview on Meet the Press on September 8, 2002, Vice President Dick “Cheney readily affirmed that the aluminum tubes, intercepted during shipment to Iraq, were designed to produce ‘what you have to have to build a bomb.’ ” – Karen DeYoung, Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell, Page 413 […]
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9/8/2002
Appearing on Meet the Press on September 8, 2002, Vice President Dick Cheney said: ” ‘I’m not here today to make a specific allegation that Iraq was somehow responsible for 9/11. I can’t say that. On the other hand, since we did that interview [discussing possible Iraqi involvement in 9/11 on December 9, 2001], new […]
9/8/2002
A New York Times article on September 8, 2002, “reported that Saddam Hussein’s Iraq ‘has stepped up its quest for nuclear weapons,’ a claim proved by its efforts to buy ‘specially designed aluminum tubes, which American officials believe were intended as components of centrifuges to enrich uranium.’ One official was quoted anonymously as saying that […]
9/8/2002
Then-National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice wrote: “In one now infamous case, we used the CIA’s assessment that the aluminum tubes [discovered in Iraq] were for centrifuges–a key element in a nuclear weapons program. I misspoke during one of the interviews [on CNN’s Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer on September 8, 2002], saying that the tubes […]
9/8/2002
Appearing on Meet the Press on September 8, 2002, Vice President Dick "Cheney asserted that Saddam 'has indeed stepped up his capacity to produce and deliver biological weapons, that he has reconstituted his nuclear program to develop a nuclear weapon, that there are efforts under way inside Iraq to significantly expand his capability.' " – […]
9/8/2002
On September 8, 2002, Vice President Dick Cheney appeared on Meet the Press, hosted by Tim Russert. “The president’s [Bush’s] goal in Iraq was not merely disarmament, Cheney told Russert; it was regime change. But, he added, ‘No decision’s been made yet to launch a military operation. Clearly, we are contemplating that possibility. …In terms […]
9/8/2002
In an appearance on Meet the Press on September 8, 2002, Vice President Dick Cheney said “that those who doubted his assertions about the threat presented by Iraq haven’t ‘seen all the intelligence that we have seen.’ ” – Thomas E. Ricks, Fiasco, Page 51 […]
9/8/2002
On September 8, 2002, “the front page headline [of The New York Times] declared, ‘U.S. SAYS HUSSEIN INTENSIFIES QUEST FOR A-BOMB PARTS.’ …’More than a decade after Saddam Hussein agreed to give up weapons of mass destruction, Iraq stepped up its quest for nuclear weapons and has embarked on a worldwide hunt for materials to […]
9/8/2002
On CNN’s Late Edition on September 8, 2002, National Security Advisor Condoleezza “Rice declared Saddam a ‘danger to the United States’ that ‘is gathering momentum.’ She said there was ‘increasing evidence that he continues his march toward weapons of mass destruction.’ ” – Michael Isikoff and David Corn, Hubris, Page 41 […]
9/8/2002
According to CNN on September 8, 2002: “…numerous [Bush] administration spokespersons fanned out to give statements to the national media that a ‘mushroom cloud’ might threaten American cities unless we invaded Iraq to prevent Saddam Hussein from giving a nuclear weapon to the same terrorist group that had already attacked us with deadly consequences.” – […]