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[CSPAN Junkie] Republicans Respond to Iraq Pre-War Intelligence Report: Kit Bond (R-MO), Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Cmte. and other Republican committee members respond to Democrats on the final Phase II report, detailing the Pentagon’s prewar intel activities.
[Docuticker] Senate Intelligence Committee Unveils Final Phase II Reports on ...: The first report details Administration prewar statements that, on numerous occasions, misrepresented the intelligence and the threat from Iraq. The second report details inappropriate, sensitive intelligence activities conducted by the DoD’s Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, without the knowledge of the Intelligence Community or the State Department.
[Crooks and Liars] Iraq Intelligence Report Phase 2: Bush Administration Lied About ...: And then there are the malignantly insane Republicans on the intelligence committee who refute the findings of the full committee that the Bush administration intentionally lied us into a war in Iraq…which actually begs the question: why are some Republicans with so little intelligence and so meager morality doing on an intelligence committee in the first place? Ship them all to GITMO for their war crimes.
[At-Largely] Bush Lied-Phase II report on pre-war intelligence on Iraq is just out: --[b]Statements by the President and Vice President[/b] prior to the October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate regarding Iraq's chemical weapons production capability and activities [b]did not reflect the intelligence community's uncertainties[/b] as to whether such production was ongoing.
[buelahman's Redstate Revolt] Inappropriate Intelligence Activities and a Pack of Lies That ...: Statements by the President and Vice President prior to the October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate regarding Iraq’s chemical weapons production capability and activities did not reflect the intelligence community’s uncertainties as to whether such production was ongoing.
[Tribe.net: Intelligent Political Discussion] Senate Report: Bush Used Iraq Intel He Knew Was False: report states -- in terms clearer than any previous government publication -- that there was no operational relationship between Al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein, that Bush officials were not truthful about the difficulties the United States would face in post-war Iraq and that their public statements did not reflect intelligence they had at the time, and, specifically, that the intelligence community would not confirm any meeting between Iraqi officials and Mohamed Atta -- a claim that was nevertheless publicly repeated.
[Volconvo Debate Forums] Fact: Bush misled. Finally, Phase II is released.: --"WASHINGTON — A long-delayed Senate committee report endorsed by Democrats and some Republicans concluded that President Bush and his aides built the public case for war against Iraq by exaggerating available intelligence and by ignoring disagreements among spy agencies about Iraq’s weapons programs and Saddam Hussein’s links to Al Qaeda.
[break the terror] Senate Phase 2 Report released: Bush knew he was lying about Iraq.: WASHINGTON ”” President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and other top officials promoted the invasion of Iraq with public statements that weren’t supported by intelligence or that concealed differences among intelligence agencies, the Senate Intelligence Committee said on Thursday in a report that was delayed by bitter partisan infighting.
[Just Foreign Policy News] Just Foreign Policy News, June 6, 2008: 6) There is growing criticism in Iraq of proposed bilateral arrangements with the Bush administration that could give the US unilateral authority over US military operations in Iraq and detention of Iraqis, immunity for mercenaries and continuing control over Iraqi borders and airspace, the Washington Post reports. Iraqi officials said the Iraqi government may instead request an extension of the UN security mandate authorizing a continued U.S. military occupation.
[PERRspectives Blog] Phase 2 Report Ends Roberts' Iraq Intel Stonewall: "And I have to say, that there is a real frustration over what is not in this report, and I don't think was mentioned in Chairman Roberts' statement, and that is about the -- after the analysts and the intelligence community produced an intelligence product, how is it then shaped or used or misused by the policy-makers?� So again there's genuine frustration -- and Chairman Roberts and I have discussed this many times -- that virtually everything that has to do with the administration has been relegated to phase two. My hope is that we will get this done as soon as possible."
[Weblog] Report accuses Bush of misrepresenting Iraq intel: and spawned a nasty partisan fight in the committee. It plows well-tread political ground by contrasting what Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, then-Secretary of State Colin Powell and then-Defense Secretary Donald H.
[Past in Print Weblog] Outing Bush: Rationale for Iraq Invasion Smells Worse and Worse: The following AlterNet.org link is one of many (here’s another) that are presently circulating, inspired by the release of Phase II of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report about Bush’s use of pre-war intelligence.
[SWJ Blog] 6 June SWJ News, Op-Ed, Blog, and Events Roundup: What has been learned about such conflicts from operations in Iraq and Afghanistan may to some degree be transferable to conflicts in other regions. Assuming that the international community may well face future operations characterized by regional, borderless “wars among the people”, the centres at Queen’s University and their partners propose convening a distinguished group of approximately 200 experts from academic, military, governmental, and international institutions to examine how best to prepare commanders, military units and governments to plan for and conduct complex, multi-dimensional stability campaigns in this new environment.
[Obsidian Wings] Passengers Must Not Leave Blogs Unattended at Any Time: You’d pretty much need a car though. It’s like 150 miles from Paris and tough to get to by train (well, it was, many years ago).
[Dans Blog] Oil Production in Iraq returns to Pre War levels... 2.5M Barrel ...: Iraq is producing and exporting oil at the same level as before the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, The Associated Press reported June 2, citing an Iraqi Oil Ministry spokesman. Output reportedly reached 2.5 million barrels per day (bpd) in March with exports at 2.11 million bpd;
[Talking Points Memo] Phase II: --Statements by the President and Vice President prior to the October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate regarding Iraq's chemical weapons production capability and activities did not reflect the intelligence community's uncertainties as to whether such production was ongoing.
[Jarrett House North] links for 2008-06-05: Summary of the Senate Intel Committee’s Phase II report on pre-war intelligence on Iraq. The summary: two “not substantiated by intelligence”, one “contradicted by available info”, two “did not reflect uncertainties”
[Nukes & Spooks] Memo to Scott McClellan: Here's what happened: Early in the (first) Bush administration, the K-R WashBureau was my bookmarked go-to site for the REAL NEWS, and kept me and like-minded people well ahead of the curve during the propaganda assault preceding the illegal invasion of Iraq...time and events have proved the K-R/McClatchy team spot on with their assessments. Carry on your superb work in actually understanding - and executing - the role of a so-called free press!
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