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To: epicure who wrote (5634)	1/13/2004 11:42:52 AM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20773

The democrats and the republicans who believed it are, of course, engaging in CYA behaviors- and they are ALL to blame No, this is not a plague on both of your houses situation. The PNAC actively manipulated our institutions to start a war for their profit. For the most part, the mistake of others was to believe that the President, the head of CIA, and Secretary of State and the other neocons had some integrity and would be truthful. It was not unreasonable at the time for some to assume that these leaders of our government had the country's interest in mind. TP

To: epicure who wrote (5634)	1/13/2004 12:20:35 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 20773

"The big problem, imo, is not that Bush believed erroneous information, or even that he repeated the erroneous information, it was that he believed AND repeated it, and embellished it " The Bush Admin stands by their pre-war assessments & have gathered sufficient evidence to prove that the war was completely justified..... STATEMENT BY DAVID KAY ON THE INTERIM PROGRESS REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE IRAQ SURVEY GROUP (ISG) fas.org Iraq’s Continuing Programs for Weapons of Mass Destruction Statement by Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet on the 2002 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iraq’s Continuing Programs for Weapons of Mass Destruction Message 19669853 Powell Defends Bush-Style Diplomacy Message 19670571 Message 19670589 Iraq's WMD Programs: Culling Hard Facts from Soft Myths odci.gov. Iraq's WMD's Strategic Choices, Intelligence Challenges Robert Hutchings Chairman, National Intelligence Council Message 19669942 Powell Says Kay Report Confirms Iraq Defied U.N. Res. 1441 usinfo.state.gov Clinton believed Iraq had WMD Fri 9 Jan 2004 Message 19674178 Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs fas.org The U.S. government's secret memo detailing cooperation between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. Message 19506425