Report accuses Bush of misrepresenting Iraq intel

Report accuses Bush of misrepresenting Iraq intel

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A new Senate report gives a fresh shot of adrenaline to the election-year debate over the Iraq war. President Bush and his top officials deliberately misrepresented secret intelligence to make the case to invade Iraq, according to the Senate Intelligence Committee.

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Well well well.
Stories like this are popping up all over now.

The panel put a new spin on old charges, comparing claims made in five speeches by top Bush administration officials with intelligence reports. The committee says officials wrongly linked Saddam Hussein to the Sept. 11 attacks and al-Qaida; claimed Iraq would give terrorist groups chemical, biological or nuclear weapons, and said Iraq was developing drone aircraft to spread chemical or biological agents over the United States.

None was borne out by intelligence.

None was borne out by intelligence. That was the stand out line for me.

"These reports are about holding the government accountable and making sure these mistakes never happen again," said the committee's chairman, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va.

According to Rockefeller, the problem was the Bush administration concealed information that would have undermined the case for war. "We might have avoided this catastrophe," he said.

Add this info to the story by the ex CIA agent in particular relating to a meeting by GWB in APRIL 01

One of those topics included oil and how much there was by country.

Another topic was going to war in the Middle East during his presidency. It was agreed that "both were goals to work towards". Bush had then said

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May I offer my sincerest and most humble of apologies....
It was a hard one to search. Different sources, different headlines, different write up. Without reading every possible thread including Bush and Rockefeller or even al-Qaida who would know?