“In the public portion of his February [24] 2004 worldwide threat assessment to Congress, [Director of Central Intelligence George] Tenet noted that Bin Ladin considered the acquisition of weapons of mass destruction to be a ‘religious obligation.’ He warned that al Qaeda ‘continues to pursue its strategic goal of obtaining a nuclear capability.’ Tenet added […]
2/23/2004
On February 23, 2004, UN Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi released a report to the UN Security Council. “Despite its account of success in forging the compromise with [Grand Ayatollah Ali al-] Sistani, the document noted with concern the rising levels of violence (including two devastating attacks on Iraqi security forces during their mission), ‘a growing fragmentation […]
2/22/2004
“The Department of Defense is continuing to pay millions of dollars for information from the former Iraqi opposition group that produced some of the exaggerated and fabricated intelligence President Bush used to argue his case for war. The Pentagon has set aside between $3 million and $4 million this year for the Information Collection Program […]
2/21/2004
According to a February 21, 2004, report by Knight-Ridder newspapers: ” ‘A huge amount of what [intelligence] was collected [from Middle East sources] hasn’t panned out. Some of it has turned out to have been either wrong or fabricated,’ said one senior [Bush] administration official. ‘The evidence now suggests that at some points along the […]
2/21/2004
In his February 21, 2004, Radio Address President Bush said: “Saddam Hussein doubted our resolve to enforce our word. Now he sits in a prison cell while his country moves toward a democratic future. Today in Iraq, our coalition faces deadly attacks from a remnant of Saddam’s supporters, joined by foreign terrorists. Recently we intercepted a […]
2/20/2004
When Saudi Ambassador Prince Bandar visited the White House on February 20, 2004, President Bush “thanked Bandar for what the Saudis were doing on oil–essentially flooding the market and trying to keep the price as low as possible. He expressed appreciation for the policy and the impact it could have during the election year.” – […]
2/19/2004
Iraqi National Congress leader “Ahmed Chalabi, who had done so much to popularize the concept of Saddam’s WMD arsenal, later blithely conceded that he had been totally wrong, but felt there was nothing of which he need be ashamed. ‘We are heroes in error,’ he told Britain’s Daily Telegraph [on February 19, 2004]. ‘As far […]
2/19/2004
According to a February 19, 2004, interview with retired Air Force Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski: ” ‘The OSP [Office of Special Plans] and the Vice President’s [Dick Cheney’s] office were critical in this propaganda effort–to convince Americans that there was some just requirement for preemptive war [in Iraq]. …The Congress was misled, it was lied […]
2/19/2004
Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith’s Office of Special Plans (OSP) ” ‘pushed an agenda on Iraq,’ said [retired Air Force Lt. Col. Karen] Kwiatkowski [in a February 19, 2004 interview], ‘and they developed pretty sophisticated propaganda lines which were fed throughout government, to the Congress, and even internally to the Pentagon–to try and […]
2/18/2004
On February 18, 2004, Newsweek journalists Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball “reported that, while researching his best-selling book Bush at War, Washington Post editor Bob Woodward had been given full access to many of the classified documents the White House was withholding from the 9/11 panel.” – Peter Lance, Cover Up, Page 147 […]