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To: zax who wrote (822226)	12/12/2014 11:12:47 AM
From: combjelly	1 Recommendation Recommended By zax Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583412

Claims made by Colin Powell to the UN Security Council in 2003 that Saddam Hussein was providing support for Al Qaeda came from a person who had been tortured and who later recanted what he told interrogators. Yep. Cheney cherry-picked intelligence, often from shady sources even the CIA doubted and presented it like it was the best available intelligence to Congress.

To: zax who wrote (822226)	12/12/2014 12:56:03 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 1583412

>>>"Truly despicable behavior by this past administration. Torture a person to say anything you want them to, and use that as a basis for war and deception on the American public. Yes, this is indeed Orwellian...." The information obtained from Shaykh al-Libi sited in that article was obtained during the Clinton Administration under the program called extra-ordinary rendition, designed and overseen by Al Gore. Shaykh al-Libi was captured in Afghanistan in November of 2001, he was rendered from the CIA to be interrogated in Egypt. The information obtained by the Clinton Administration was then turned over to the Bush Admin as evidence to be considered for the 2003 invasion. In 2003 the former Clinton administration fully supported the invasion. Your parsed recounting is indeed Orwellian.