Neglecting Intelligence, Ignoring Warnings
January 28, 2004
A chronology of how the Bush Administration repeatedly and deliberately refused to listen to intelligence agencies that said its case for war was weak
OCTOBER 8, 1997 IAEA SAYS IRAQ FREE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS:
FEBRUARY 23 & 24, 2001 COLIN POWELL SAYS IRAQ IS CONTAINED:
SEPTEMBER 16, 2001 CHENEY ACKNOWLEDGES IRAQ IS CONTAINED:
SEPTEMBER 2001 WHITE HOUSE CREATES OFFICE TO CIRCUMVENT INTEL AGENCIES:
JANUARY, 2002 TENET DOES NOT MENTION IRAQ IN NUCLEAR THREAT REPORT:
FEBRUARY 6, 2002 CIA SAYS IRAQ HAS NOT PROVIDED WMD TO TERRORISTS:
APRIL 15, 2002 WOLFOWITZ ANGERED AT CIA FOR NOT UNDERMINING U.N. REPORT:
SUMMER, 2002 CIA WARNINGS TO WHITE HOUSE EXPOSED: In the late
SEPTEMBER, 2002 DIA TELLS WHITE HOUSE NO EVIDENCE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS:
SEPTEMBER 20, 2002 DEPT. OF ENERGY TELLS WHITE HOUSE OF NUKE DOUBTS:
OCTOBER 2002 CIA DIRECTLY WARNS WHITE HOUSE:
OCTOBER 2002 STATE DEPT. WARNS WHITE HOUSE ON NUKE CHARGES:
OCTOBER 2002 AIR FORCE WARNS WHITE HOUSE:
LATE 2002-EARLY 2003 CHENEY PRESSURES CIA TO CHANGE INTELLIGENCE:
JANUARY, 2003 STATE DEPT. INTEL BUREAU REITERATE WARNING TO POWELL:
FEBRUARY 14, 2003 UN WARNS WHITE HOUSE THAT NO WMD HAVE BEEN FOUND:
FEBRUARY 15, 2003 IAEA WARNS WHITE HOUSE NO NUCLEAR EVIDENCE:
FEBURARY 24, 2003 CIA WARNS WHITE HOUSE NO DIRECT EVIDENCE OF WMD:
MARCH 7, 2003 IAEA REITERATES TO WHITE HOUSE NO EVIDENCE OF NUKES:
MAY 30, 2003 INTEL PROFESSIONALS ADMIT THEY WERE PRESSURED:
JUNE 6, 2003 INTELLIGENCE HISTORIAN SAYS INTEL WAS HYPED:
Neglecting Intelligence, Ignoring Warnings | Center for American Progress
January 28, 2004
A chronology of how the Bush Administration repeatedly and deliberately refused to listen to intelligence agencies that said its case for war was weak
OCTOBER 8, 1997 IAEA SAYS IRAQ FREE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS:
FEBRUARY 23 & 24, 2001 COLIN POWELL SAYS IRAQ IS CONTAINED:
SEPTEMBER 16, 2001 CHENEY ACKNOWLEDGES IRAQ IS CONTAINED:
SEPTEMBER 2001 WHITE HOUSE CREATES OFFICE TO CIRCUMVENT INTEL AGENCIES:
JANUARY, 2002 TENET DOES NOT MENTION IRAQ IN NUCLEAR THREAT REPORT:
FEBRUARY 6, 2002 CIA SAYS IRAQ HAS NOT PROVIDED WMD TO TERRORISTS:
APRIL 15, 2002 WOLFOWITZ ANGERED AT CIA FOR NOT UNDERMINING U.N. REPORT:
SUMMER, 2002 CIA WARNINGS TO WHITE HOUSE EXPOSED: In the late
SEPTEMBER, 2002 DIA TELLS WHITE HOUSE NO EVIDENCE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS:
SEPTEMBER 20, 2002 DEPT. OF ENERGY TELLS WHITE HOUSE OF NUKE DOUBTS:
OCTOBER 2002 CIA DIRECTLY WARNS WHITE HOUSE:
OCTOBER 2002 STATE DEPT. WARNS WHITE HOUSE ON NUKE CHARGES:
OCTOBER 2002 AIR FORCE WARNS WHITE HOUSE:
LATE 2002-EARLY 2003 CHENEY PRESSURES CIA TO CHANGE INTELLIGENCE:
JANUARY, 2003 STATE DEPT. INTEL BUREAU REITERATE WARNING TO POWELL:
FEBRUARY 14, 2003 UN WARNS WHITE HOUSE THAT NO WMD HAVE BEEN FOUND:
FEBRUARY 15, 2003 IAEA WARNS WHITE HOUSE NO NUCLEAR EVIDENCE:
FEBURARY 24, 2003 CIA WARNS WHITE HOUSE NO DIRECT EVIDENCE OF WMD:
MARCH 7, 2003 IAEA REITERATES TO WHITE HOUSE NO EVIDENCE OF NUKES:
MAY 30, 2003 INTEL PROFESSIONALS ADMIT THEY WERE PRESSURED:
JUNE 6, 2003 INTELLIGENCE HISTORIAN SAYS INTEL WAS HYPED:
Neglecting Intelligence, Ignoring Warnings | Center for American Progress
The reason we are in a mess economically and militarily bogged down in Afghanistan and Iraq now and has a expanding deficit is because of the businessman you put in office. We are still and will be for decades feel the effect of Bush's screw up and he should be held accountable for his lies and war crimes.
What bush did in his 8 years, ignoring 911 warnings and illegal and costly war in Iraq is relevant to what is happening today and will affect us for decades to come. Has everything to do with the economy and foreign policies. The debt and the wars, the tax cuts were not by a miracle disappear when Bush left office. Wars cost money and taxes are needed to run the federal, state and local government effectively.