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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: MKTBUZZ who started this subject7/17/2003 1:35:56 PM
From: Doug R  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
Tenet Says Official Wanted Iraq Claim

By KEN GUGGENHEIM, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - CIA Director George Tenet told members of Congress a White House official insisted that President Bush State of the Union address include an assertion about Saddam Hussein nuclear intentions that had not been verified, a Senate Intelligence Committee member said Thursday.

Sen. Dick Durbin, who was present for a 4 1/2-hour appearance by Tenet behind closed doors with Intelligence Committee members Wednesday, said Tenet named the official. But the Illinois Democrat said that person's identity could not be revealed because of the confidentiality of the proceedings.

Durbin, appearing on ABC's "Good Morning America," said that Tenet "certainly told us who the person was who was insistent on putting this language in which the CIA knew to be incredible, this language about the uranium shipment from Africa."

"And there was this negotiation between the White House and the CIA about just how far you could go and be close to the truth and unfortunately those sixteen words were included in the most important speech the president delivers in any given year," Durbin added.

"The more important question is who is it in the White House who was hellbent on misleading the American people and why are they still there?," Durbin said Thursday.

"Being a member of the Intelligence Committee I can't disclose that but I trust that it will come out," he said. "But it should come out from the president."

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