Book says White House ordered forgery

[RetiredGySgt]

Congress to 'Review' Charges CIA Prepared Forged Iraq, 9/11 Letter

By Jason Leopold
The Public Record
Monday, August 11, 2008

The House Judiciary Committee will “review” allegations contained in a book published last week by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ron Suskind that the Bush administration in late 2006 ordered the CIA to prepare a forged letter showing a link between Iraq, al-Qaeda and 9/11 to justify the U.S. invasion and ignored credible intelligence reports that Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction.

“Mr. Suskind reports that the Bush Administration, in its pursuit of war, created and promoted forged documents about Iraq," said House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers in a statement late Monday. “I am particularly troubled that the decision to disseminate this fabricated intelligence is alleged to have come from the highest reaches of the administration. The administration’s attempt to challenge Mr. Suskind’s reporting appears to have been effectively dismissed by the publication of the author’s interview recordings and transcripts. I have instructed my staff to conduct a careful review of Mr. Suskind’s allegations and the role played by senior administration officials in this matter.”

Conyers said his committee would also review other claims included in Suskind’s book, The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism, such as:

*The origin of the allegedly forged document that formed the basis for Bush’s 2003 State of the Union assertion that Iraq sought yellowcake uranium from Niger;
* The role of this document in creating the false impression that 9/11 hijacker Mohammed Atta had a working relationship with Iraq;
* The relationship between this document and other reported examples of the Bush Administration considering other deceptive schemes to justify or provoke war with Iraq, such as the reported consideration of painting a U.S. aircraft with UN colors in order to provoke Iraq into military confrontation;
* Allegations that the Bush Administration deliberately ignored information from Iraq’s chief intelligence officer that Iraq possessed no WMDs;
* The payment of $5 million to Iraq’s chief intelligence officer and his secret settlement in Jordan, beyond the reach of investigators;
* The September 2007 detainment and interrogation of Mr. Suskind’s research assistant, Greg Jackson, by federal agents in Manhattan. Jackson’s notes were also confiscated.

In the acknowledgements to his book, Suskind said Jackson, his research assistant, was detained by federal agents and his notes confiscated but does not provide further detail about the episode.

The allegation that the administration ordered the CIA to prepare a forged letter is significant, according to Suskind, because it may constitute an impeachable offense.

The CIA is prohibited from conducting cover operations “intended to influence United States political processes, public opinion, policies or media.”

“It is not the sort of offense, such as assault or burglary, that carries specific penalties, for example, a fine or jail time,” Suskind writes in his book. “It is much broader than that. It pertains to the White House’s knowingly misusing an arm of government, the sort of thing generally taken up in impeachment proceedings.”

Book Supports Impeachment Articles

The allegations in Suskind's book support charges leveled against President George W. Bush by Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich, a former 2008 Democratic presidential candidate, who introduced articles of impeachment against the president in June for deceiving Congress into believing Iraq had weapons of mass destruction in order to get lawmakers to back a U.S.-led invasion of the country.

The articles of impeachment were introduced a few days after the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released a long-awaited report on prewar Iraq intelligence that concluded Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney knowingly misled the public and Congress about Iraq's links to al-Qaeda and the threat the country posed to the United States.

Congress to 'Review' Charges CIA Prepared Forged Iraq, 9/11 Letter

Ya get back to us when there is any real evidence besides the pen of a man trying to sell books, with no facts to speak of.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

The Democrats will have a big majority in Congress next year. Look for some of your buddies to end up in prison.

Go ahead, start arresting this administration next year, I promise you, we will have a civil war if you do. Hope you have some weapons , ammo and lots of food, cause when we go to war turds like you are gonna die like flies.

 

[Chris]

Not agreeing a military solution was needed is NOT the same as pretending now after the fact Bush lied about anything.

Bush-Cheney lied about everything.

Brownie you're doing a heckuva job!

The insurgency is in its last throes.

The war will only cost $7 billion dollars.

We will be welcomed with flowers.

Saddam has yellow cake.(Mmmm....yellow cake..)

Childrens do learn.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Bush-Cheney lied about everything.

Brownie you're doing a heckuva job!

The insurgency is in its last throes.

The war will only cost $7 billion dollars.

We will be welcomed with flowers.

Saddam has yellow cake.(Mmmm....yellow cake..)

Childrens do learn.

You are a retard but then we already know that. By the way numb nuts, Saddam had 550 metric TONS of yellow cake.

 

[Jeepers]

You are a retard but then we already know that. By the way numb nuts, Saddam had 550 metric TONS of yellow cake.

Was that not under lock and key and monitored by the IAEA. Bill clinton would not have marched into baghdad btw... this point was neither clear nor smart. When Bush used the threat of force to get the weapons inspectors back in, I thought him a genious. This notion quickly went out the window however when he actually used that force. Besides, you pubs would have asked for his head if he tried anything the like...

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Was that not under lock and key and monitored by the IAEA. Bill clinton would not have marched into baghdad btw... this point was neither clear nor smart. When Bush used the threat of force to get the weapons inspectors back in, I thought him a genious. This notion quickly went out the window however when he actually used that force. Besides, you pubs would have asked for his head if he tried anything the like...

Ya cause we stopped him from sending troops to the Balkans and basically going to war with Serbia.

Ohh and tell your buddy that when he talks about NO yellow cake he is a retard.

 

[Jeepers]

Ya cause we stopped him from sending troops to the Balkans and basically going to war with Serbia.

Ohh and tell your buddy that when he talks about NO yellow cake he is a retard.

It depends on the context of the Yellow Cake.. I'm sure that you used this trivial knowlege for a gotcha moment, since this material was not a threat. I dont however feel like dealving back ito this thread to explore the context...