New Conyers report
Mother Jones
by Jennifer Wedekind
08/07/06
Beginning with post-9/11 false intelligence and public deception, Conyers uses sources including public statements, the Downing Street Memo, CIA reports and intelligence briefings to refute Bush's carefully constructed propaganda advocating a war with Iraq. Step by step Conyers traces the different reports citing no links between Al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein, and the lack of evidence of WMDs. Beginning with Bush's State of the Union claim that 'Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium for Africa,' he demonstrates how the CIA, the State Department and the National Intelligence Council all informed the administration that the Niger uranium claim was 'equivocally false.' French intelligence authorities went so far to say the Niger story was 'bs....' And there is no doubt the administration knew they had faulty intelligence. One CIA official recounted his superior giving orders saying, 'You know what? If Bush wants to go to war, it's your job to give him a reason to do so'...
http://tinyurl.com/kvxqg
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Jennifer Wedekind
08/07/06
Beginning with post-9/11 false intelligence and public deception, Conyers uses sources including public statements, the Downing Street Memo, CIA reports and intelligence briefings to refute Bush's carefully constructed propaganda advocating a war with Iraq. Step by step Conyers traces the different reports citing no links between Al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein, and the lack of evidence of WMDs. Beginning with Bush's State of the Union claim that 'Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium for Africa,' he demonstrates how the CIA, the State Department and the National Intelligence Council all informed the administration that the Niger uranium claim was 'equivocally false.' French intelligence authorities went so far to say the Niger story was 'bs....' And there is no doubt the administration knew they had faulty intelligence. One CIA official recounted his superior giving orders saying, 'You know what? If Bush wants to go to war, it's your job to give him a reason to do so'...
http://tinyurl.com/kvxqg
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 8. Aug, 14:53
