On September 5, 2002, Vice President Dick “Cheney had arranged a special session with the Gang of Four, the four top leaders of Congress, [Dennis] Hastert [R-IL], [Dick] Gephardt [D-MO], [Trent] Lott [R-MS], and [Tom] Daschle [D-SD]. …The vice president now wanted to persuade the most senior congressional leaders that the White House had undeniable […]
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9/5/2002
According to a Washington Post article on September 5, 2002, former President “Jimmy Carter assures us that ‘there is no current danger to the United States from Baghdad [Iraq].’ ” – Lawrence F. Kaplan and William Kristol, The War Over Iraq, Page 80 […]
9/5/2002
” ‘I believe any action in Iraq at this time, without allied support, without United Nations support…,’ Senator Dianne Feinstein [D-CA] says [to Congress on September 5, 2002], ‘would be both morally wrong and politically mistaken.’ ” – Lawrence F. Kaplan and William Kristol, The War Over Iraq, Page 89 […]
9/5/2002
In a September 5, 2002, meeting of the Senate Intelligence Committee, CIA Director George Tenet “was asked what basis there was in the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) for a preemptive war against Iraq. ‘We’ve never done a National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq, including its weapons of mass destruction,’ Tenet replied. Senator Bob Graham (D-Fla.), the […]
9/4/2002
On September 4, 2002, President Bush summoned 18 senior members of the House and Senate. “He needed a quick vote in Congress on a resolution that would grant him the authority to take on Saddam, perhaps with military action. …He wanted this vote within six weeks–before Congress left town so members could campaign for reelection.” […]
9/4/2002
At the September 4, 2002, meeting where President Bush was briefing Congressional leaders about needing their vote to give him permission to go to war against Iraq, House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX) said to President Bush: ” ‘if you go in there, you’re likely to be stuck in a quagmire that will endanger your […]
9/4/2002
“…some Democratic leaders claimed that they had never been told about the [CIA’s enhanced interrogation] techniques [EITs] and that the Bush administration used EITs only in secret. One Democrat who deserves to be singled out by name is Nancy Pelosi [CA], now Speaker of the House. She claims to have been left in the dark–which […]
9/4/2002
“On September 4 [2002], [President] Bush announced that he would seek a resolution from Congress supporting military action against Saddam Hussein, which he–and [National Security Advisor Condoleezza] Rice–thought would strengthen the administration’s hand at the U.N.” – Elisabeth Bumiller, Condoleezza Rice: An American Life, Page 191 […]
9/4/2002
“At a meeting with congressional leaders on September 4 [2002], the president [Bush] announced that in addition to going to the United Nations, he would ask Congress for authorization to do what was ‘necessary to deal with the threat’ from Iraq. The administration had already decided internally that it needed no congressional approval, but strong […]
9/4/2002
Speaking to congressional leaders on September 4, 2002, President Bush said: ” ‘Saddam Hussein is a serious threat to the United States, to his neighbors, and to the people who disagree with him inside Iraq… Doing nothing is not an option and I hope Congress agrees.’ He added that he planned to press the United […]