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 […]
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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 […]
9/7/2002
“On September 7 [2002], a New York Times story quoted [White House Chief of Staff Andrew] Card on the timing of the White House’s push on Iraq: ‘From a marketing point of view you don’t introduce new products in August.’ Apparently, the White House decided the first weekend after Labor Day–when the nation was about […]
9/7/2002
On September 7, 2002, British Prime Minister Tony Blair met with President Bush “for a three hour talk on Iraq and dinner…Blair and Bush took questions from reporters. They said they were committed to ending Saddam’s threat once and for all…Bush asserted unequivocally, ‘Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction.’…’I’m with you,’ the prime minister […]
9/7/2002
Then-CIA Director George Tenet described a Camp David meeting that discussed the possibility of war in Iraq: “The meeting on Saturday morning, September 7, [2002] sparked considerable debate about the wisdom of trying to revive a UN inspection regime. …To me, the president [Bush] still appeared less inclined to go to war than many of […]
9/7/2002
“The White House propaganda blitz was launched on September 7, 2002, at a Camp David press conference. British Prime Minister Tony Blair stood side by side with his co-conspirator, President George W. Bush. Together, they declared that evidence from a report published by the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) showed that Iraq was ‘six […]