In a statement to the 9/11 Commission on July 9, 2003, American Enterprise Institute scholar Laurie Mylroie “concluded that ‘the major terrorist strikes against the U.S. that were attributed to ‘loose networks’ of Islamic militants, including al Qaeda, are much better explained as Iraq, working with and hiding behind the militants.’ ” – Peter Lance, […]
7/9/2003
In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on July 9, 2003, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld “acknowledged that the [Bush] administration ‘did not act in Iraq because we had discovered dramatic new evidence of Iraq’s pursuit of weapons of mass murder. We acted because we saw the existing evidence in a new light, through […]
7/9/2003
On July 9, 2003, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said to the Senate Armed Services Committee: “The coalition did not act in Iraq because we had discovered dramatic new evidence of Iraq’s pursuit of WMD; we acted because we saw the existing evidence in a new light–through the prism of our experience on 9/11.” – […]
7/8/2003
“The White House resistance [to the 9/11 Commission] became so acute that Commission investigators were denied access to the full declassified 800-plus-page report of the Joint Inquiry until late spring [2003], leading Sen. John McCain [R-AZ], one of the original sponsors of the Commission, to declare [in the Wall Street Journal on July 8, 2003], […]
7/8/2003
On July 8, 2003, Robert Novak of the Chicago Sun-Times interviewed Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage. “Armitage revealed a tantalizing morsel that was in the classified INR [Bureau of Intelligence and Research] memo: that [Envoy to Niger and former Ambassador Joe] Wilson’s wife [Valerie Plame] worked at the CIA on weapons of mass destruction […]
7/8/2003
On July 8, 2003, vice presidential Chief of Staff Scooter “Libby had another get-together with [reporter] Judy Miller. …Once again, [Vice President Dick] Cheney had given his chief of staff the green light to disclose information from the classified National Intelligence Estimate [NIE]. …[Cheney’s chief counsel] had reassured Libby that if [President] Bush had authorized […]
7/8/2003
“In its first report, issued July 8, 2003, [9/11] commission staffers complained that their work was being hampered by the failure of the executive branch (particularly the Pentagon and the Justice Department) to quickly respond in the production of documents and testimony.” – Peter Lance, 1000 Years For Revenge, Page 4 […]
7/7/2003
On July 7, 2003, the day after former Ambassador Joe Wilson’s claim challenging the Saddam/Niger uranium connection, “As the voice of an unnamed ‘senior Administration official,’ [National Security Advisor] Condi [Rice] appeared to blame the CIA [for the misinformation], saying, ‘Knowing all that we know now, the reference to Iraq’s attempt to acquire uranium from […]
7/7/2003
On July 7, 2003, vice presidential Chief of Staff Scooter “Libby had lunch with [White House Press Secretary Ari] Fleischer…He told Fleischer that [Vice President Dick] Cheney hadn’t sent [former Ambassador Joe] Wilson to Niger. ‘He was sent by his wife,’ Libby said, according to Fleischer’s subsequent testimony to a grand jury. ‘She works in […]
7/7/2003
In a press briefing on July 7, 2003, Press Secretary Ari Fleischer claimed “that neither [Vice President Dick] Cheney nor anyone else in the White House had had any reason to suspect the Niger charge [of selling yellowcake uranium to Iraq] prior to the [January 28, 2003] State of the Union speech. But under persistent […]