Sunday, May 08, 2005
Memo: Bush made intel fit Iraq policy
WASHINGTON - A highly classified British memo, leaked in the midst of Britain's just-concluded election campaign, indicates that President Bush decided to overthrow Iraqi President Saddam Hussein by summer 2002 and was determined to ensure that U.S. intelligence data supported his policy.
The document, which summarizes a July 23, 2002, meeting of British Prime Minister Tony Blair with his top security advisers, reports on a visit to Washington by the head of Britain's MI-6 intelligence service.
The visit took place while the Bush administration was still declaring to the American public that no decision had been made to go to war.
By now, I don't think most people are surprised by the lies coming out of the White House. But what is surprising is that people are still willing to support this government in spite of the many lies told...
posted by Cynthia
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