Bush* gloats: his manipulation of prewar Iraq Intel not an issue

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BBC News
Saturday, 10 July, 2004, 03:42 GMT 04:42 UK

Bush pledges intelligence reforms

President George W Bush has promised to reform US intelligence services after they were criticised for the quality of their pre-war information on Iraq.

However, he defended the US-led invasion, saying his administration, Congress and the United Nations all believed Iraq posed a threat.

Mr Bush spoke after a report by US senators said the CIA had overstated the threat posed by Iraq.

It said the US and its allies went to war based on "flawed" information.

However, the Senate Intelligence Committee report, published on Friday, concluded that there was no evidence the Bush administration had tried to coerce or put pressure on officials to adapt their findings.

"I look forward to working with members of Congress to put out reforms that will work," Mr Bush told a campaign event in the state of Pennsylvania.

Mr Bush also stressed that the world knew Saddam Hussein had been trying to acquire nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.

"We haven't found the stockpiles, but we knew he could make them," Mr Bush said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3882145.stm

[Moderator]

1. Please edit your subject line to match the title of the article

Thank you

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3. I wasn't aware this was a requirement in General Discussion...

- And I think the title DOES reflect the article. Bush* is off the hook and he knows it. Now that the rubber stamp senate has blamed HIS lies and exaggerations on the CIA...he can gloat and act like the Big Reformer With Results.

[Zorra]

2. Bullshit.

They didn't find evidence, because they didn't look.

Senate report cites CIA for ‘failures’ on Iraq
'Mischaracterization' of data on weapons of mass destruction
NBC, MSNBC and news services
Updated: 2:10 p.m. ET July 09, 2004

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The Senate report is the first part of a two-phase review, which at times polarized the usually bipartisan Intelligence Committee. Democrats wanted to see the investigation handled in a broad, single phase that would include other issues such as whether senior Bush administration officials misrepresented the analysis provided by the nation’s intelligence apparatus as they made the case for war.

Democratic senators reflected that concern in “alternative views” attached to the report. In one, Rockefeller, Levin and Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., claimed the report "paints an incomplete picture of what occurred during this period of time."

http://msnbc.msn.com/ID/5395999

The intention of the first phase of this two-phase review is to make it appear that the Bu$h administration was misled. This is not the case. The Bu$h administration wanted to invade Iraq, and they lied repeatedly in order to make a case for war.

They are, once again, deflecting blame and passing the buck. And, of course, major media is more than willing to help them to attempt to manipulate public opinion in favor of Bu$h.

Look for the second phase of this Senate Select Committee review to be completed and reported on after the election in November.

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4. The report indeed paints an 'incomplete picture'...

...in that the Republicans used it to get Bush* off the hot seat before the election. In another time and place it would be called obstruction of justice. But THIS senate will do anything to help put Bush* back in the WH...including lying about this administration's lies and deceit about 9-11 AND Iraq.

[Bluebear]

5. Many men & women were looking forward to living their lives

"I look forward to working with members of Congress to put out reforms that will work," Mr Bush told a campaign event in the state of Pennsylvania.

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Gee, you think some dead soldiers were looking forward to Christmas, their kids growing up, baseball season, retiring.....