TRUTH, LIES AND THE WAR ON TERRORISM
Wednesday, April 21, 2004.
The 9/11 Commission in Washington continues its daily probing of the White House, the CIA, the FBI and the Pentagon. While former White House terrorism adviser Richard Clarke claims President Bush ignored the al-Qaeda threat before 9/11, National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice insists there was no “silver bullet” that could have prevented the attacks. With the purported Iraqi weapons of mass destruction nowhere to be found and the occupation of Iraq proving more disastrous every day, many feel the reasons for going to war must again take centre stage. Truth, lies and the war on terrorism, from 9/11 to WMD and Iraq, counterSpin debates what the White House knew and when they knew it. With special guest Greg Palast, author of the New York Times bestseller, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy. Palast also writes for Britain's Observer and Guardian newspapers, and is an investigative reporter for BBC Television's Newsnight
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