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Pentagon Inspector General: Key Report On Iraq Is Faulted 'Dubious' Intelligence Fueled Push for War
Intelligence provided by former undersecretary of defense Douglas J. Feith to buttress the White House case for invading Iraq included "reporting of dubious quality or reliability" that supported the political views of senior administration officials rather than the conclusions of the intelligence community, according to a report by the Pentagon's inspector general.
Feith's office "was predisposed to finding a significant relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda," according to portions of the report, released yesterday by Sen. Carl M. Levin (D-Mich.). The inspector general described Feith's activities as "an alternative intelligence assessment process." <more>
A long-awaited report on the veracity of pre-war Iraq intelligence has found that a secretive policy shop exaggerated the Iraqi threat, providing the White House with cherry-picked information about links between Iraq and al Qaeda. The shop, operating out of the Pentagon, was set up by then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Its goal was to lay the groundwork for a pre-emptive military strike against Iraq.
The report would appear to confirm British intelligence assertions that surfaced in a document widely referred to as the Downing Street Memo that the facts against the threat posed by Iraq were being fixed around the Bush administration's policy leading up to the invasion of Iraq. <more>
Labels: Jason Leopold
posted by Patrick J. Fitzgerald at 2/09/2007
22 Comments:
Happy Friday:)
This information about manipulating intelligence has been reported for some time on "liberal, left wing" blog sites. All of a sudden it's news? I guess the koolaid is wearing off. Notice how Feith had a different version of the truth for each audience he was playing to. Shame on you, Douglas Feith.
"Douglas J. Feith to buttress the White House"
Ah thawt thet wuz Geff Gannons job.
Just another feith-based initiative from the Bush administration...
That is why I gave his cousin Barney only one bullet!
If only the real fitz was this cool and funny-he's more like dougie feith than one would think
Well harrietmiers, why don't you tell us about the real Fitzgerald and who is behind this blog. You seem to know much, so spill it.
Thank goodness citizens that know better and have been screwed over by the likes of people like Feith, have been doing their own research for their country for years.
By letting off liars and evil-doers off the hook, covering up facts for the last 40, 50 or more years---America continues to be destroyed along with our planet.
Didn't Feith leak something himself ? He spins so well, no matter, it cost so many lives. We the People, want Justice.
It been said that Jason Leopold is behind this blog-not sure but I do know for sure the real Fitz isnt the blogger. that is straight from the fitz' mouth
"I did not discuss Valerie Wilson with that reporter"- Dick Cheney
What's the matter Cheney? Caught in a big fat LIE so now you don't want to take the witness stand!!?!?
CALL his bluff and call him to the witness stand....Only someone guilty behaves like this.
"My attorney will take care of it."
Your same attorney who lied five times, and spends more time on these "faux blogs" than in his job position.
http://www.illuminaticonfessions.webfriend.it
http://www.truthout.org
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Raw_Story_first_to_acquire_declassified_0209.html
"'Dubious' Intelligence Fueled Push for War"
Well, you don't say? Is that news to us? No.. but maybe to the koolaid drinkers!~ LOL
End this war and bring our troops home!!
Anonymous said...
"What's the matter Cheney? Caught in a big fat LIE so now you don't want to take the witness stand!!?!?
....Only someone guilty behaves like this."
That's the way the jury is going to see it.
Harrietmiers is just mad because her blog is such a failure!
What a putz...
PG:
Thanks very much for the info on NAU...will have to read later though. :)
Now the world knows all the pre intelligence was a lie. Even Blair can't get out of this one. Now as for Fitz handling the US vs. Bush/Cheney. Part of me would like to watch him bring those two down. But the other part says he's done more then anyone could have dreamed. It's time others stepped up to the plate even the American people. Now I know Fitz would love to solve the 9/11 case so I'd like him to handle that to complete those answers and put things to rest. But I don't know the future it's just my thoughts.
"The Jury is the unequivocbal fourth branch of Government, the branch that keeps the other branches in check."
http://www.fija.org//index.php?page=displaytxt&id=31
"Understanding the full context in which an illegal act was committed is essential to deciding whether the defendant acted rightly or wrongly."
They can get away with it on bureaocrats, high office holders and the wealthy, but they can't pull anything by the Grand Jury.
Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening folks!
TGIF!
Thanks for the latest article by Jason and the NAU article, Patriot Girl. A gentlemen at a repair shop yesterday had a cable station from the Middle East that was giving their spin on guess what? The Libby trial! It was in English. The author of the book Hubris (which is co-written with David Corn) was on the show. He was given a lot in depth about the Libby case in connection to WH conspiracy to discredit Wilson. He discussed the Iraq/Al-Queda connection conspired by Wolfowitz, Doug Feith, and Libby. Really intense stuff. It was a 20 minute discussion. But, it is ashamed our own media doesn't give us info like that. The owner at the repair shop who is Middle Eastern told me that he watches Middle Easter news in English to get info about news in the U.S, because he simply doesn't trust certain news media in the U.S. Quite interesting what he said to me.
Amen to that, Patriot Girl. You know how really embarrassing the media is in the U.S. From watching a little of that cable station in the repair shop, it puts us into shame. Their journalists really dig deep and ask tough questions. Democracynow.org had their journalists on that show as well as Center of American Progress (known as Thinkprogress.org).. Really shameful.. Oh, forgot to say that there was a woman from Italy who had sharp criticism of the Administration and the U.S. concerning and Italian police officer that was killed in Iraq. I'll try to find the article...
Patriot Girl:
Correction: he was an agent not a police office. The article is on my blog.
Here is the article:
Italian Judge Orders US Soldier to Stand Trial for Killing of Italian Intelligence Agent Nicola Calipari
It is on the Democracynow.org website.
"But naturally you never hear of these things in our news."
No, because the Administration wants to keep the public ignorant to what is happening. Too much sensationism in the news and not enough educating the public. And notice that there has been more news about Anna Nicole Smith than about Iraq. Not knocking Ms. Smith's sudden death but there is more going on in this country.
I realize this is thread late and will be useful only as archive...but Mr. Feith should not be slapped on the hand. He is responsible for planning preemptive murder and invasion. How dare he criticize those critical of him.
http://www.light-to-dark.com/the_feith_filter.html
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