New and Improved Version of 'Bush Did It"

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

No, clearly the Bush CIA and State Department had it right!!!!!!!! They said there were no WMDs in Iraq in Feb of 2001. Only after Bush and Cheney perverted the intelligence data after 9/11 did people get it wrong when they gave Bush the benefit of the doubt.

You can certainly theorize that, but there is no definitive proof that is what happened.

Well then, how do YOU explain how the Bush CIA and State Department got it right in February of 2001 and then after 9/11 suddenly the intelligence was completely wrong??????

If we knew the answer to that we wouldn't be having this discussion.

I never said you were necessarily wrong, just that right now it's nothing more than a theory. Nothing has been proven and frankly, I don't think it's quite as simple as you lay out. If it were, the Democrats certainly would have jumped right into this with both feet some time during the past three years they have controlled the Congress and they haven't. That brings me right back to my original comments. Nobody in Washington really knew what they were talking about.

 

[NYcarbineer]

Geauxtohell, save your breath and your fingers. The liberals on this board don't care for the truth.

Bush was President but he couldn't do anything without the Congress approving it. The Congress with both Dems and Reps. End of story in my book. You can call Bush, Rummy, Cheney any name you choose but the fact remains that our Congress approved the war. Both parties. The Dems were just as rabid about it as the Reps with very few exceptions.

The Democrats voted AGAINST the war 147 to 110.

It's amazing to me how many times I've posted that over the years and the myth lives on.

 

[GWV5903]

The left never ceases to amaze me, denial is their best trait, here you go, all post 9/11 dates in BOLD so you can't miss it this time, it makes more sense every time someone like you makes this mistake, no wonder your so easily lead to the slaughter, I mean polls......

Oh, BTW Coyote, here it is again.....lmao

"There is no doubt that ... Saddam Hussein has reinvigorated his weapons programs. Reports indicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs continue apace and may be back to pre-Gulf War status. In addition, Saddam continues to redefine delivery systems and is doubtless using the cover of a licit missile program to develop longer-range missiles that will threaten the United States and our allies."
Letter to President Bush, Signed by:
-- Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), and others, Dec 5, 2001

"We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandate of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them."
-- Sen. Carl Levin (D, MI), Sept. 19, 2002

"We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country."
-- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002

"Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power."
-- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002

"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction."
-- Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002

"The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities. Intelligence reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons..."
-- Sen. Robert Byrd (D, WV), Oct. 3, 2002

"I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force -- if necessary -- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security."
-- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002

"There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years ... We also should remember we have always underestimated the progress Saddam has made in development of weapons of mass destruction."
-- Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D, WV), Oct 10, 2002

"He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm and destroy his chemical and biological weapons, and any nuclear capacity. This he has refused to do"
-- Rep. Henry Waxman (D, CA), Oct. 10, 2002

"In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members ... It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons."
-- Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), Oct 10, 2002

"We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction."
-- Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), Dec. 8, 2002

"Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation ... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction ... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real..."
-- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003

The CON$ never ceases to amaze me, playing dumb is their best trait.
I made no "mistake!" After 9/11 the Bush administration SUDDENLY changed their tune from their OWN claims BEFORE 9/11.

Here is the lying Bush-Whacker's OWN CIA and State Department saying in FEBRUARY of 2001, before Bush and Cheney cooked the evidence, that Iraq had no WMDs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"We do not have any direct evidence that Iraq has used the period since Desert Fox to reconstitute its WMD programs"
-George Tenet, 2/07/2001

"We believe the sanctions have been effective, and Saddam Hussein's regime has no weapons of mass destruction."
-Condoleeza Rice, February 16th, 2001

"Containment has been achieved, and we now believe Iraq has no weapons of mass destruction or the capability of producing them."
- Colin Powell, February 23rd, 2001

So basically, you've both just shown that neither the Republicans nor the Democrats in Washington knew what the hell they were talking about when it came to Iraq.

Fighting over who was less incompetent than the other seems kind of stupid to me, but hey, have at it.

If you can find evidence that these quotes that edthecynic says where made (btw good luck with that ), then you have a point, but you will find nothing of the sort, bro.....have at it.....

The Tenet quote was in reference to Iran, not Iraq.....edthecynic told a lie and was caught....

One more thing, the quotes I made can be verified as true.....

 

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Did you mean: We do not have any direct evidence that Iran has used the period since Desert Fox to reconstitute its WMD programs" -George Tenet, 2/07/2001

It is a little bit like the elephant in the room, you know.....

 

[edthecynic]

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Did you mean: We do not have any direct evidence that Iran has used the period since Desert Fox to reconstitute its WMD programs" -George Tenet, 2/07/2001

It is a little bit like the elephant in the room, you know.....

Don't you CON$ ever get tired of lying??????
I notice YOU didn't include a link to your lie!

Here is a link to the CIA themselves! Read it and weep!!!!

https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/archived-reports-1/july_dec1999.htm

IRAQ

We do not have any direct evidence that Iraq has used the period since Desert Fox to reconstitute its WMD programs, although given its past behavior, this type of activity must be regarded as likely. We assess that since the suspension of UN inspections in December of 1998, Baghdad has had the capability to reinitiate both its CW and BW programs within a few weeks to months, but without an inspection monitoring program, it is difficult to determine if Iraq has done so.

 

[edthecynic]

The left never ceases to amaze me, denial is their best trait, here you go, all post 9/11 dates in BOLD so you can't miss it this time, it makes more sense every time someone like you makes this mistake, no wonder your so easily lead to the slaughter, I mean polls......

Oh, BTW Coyote, here it is again.....lmao

"There is no doubt that ... Saddam Hussein has reinvigorated his weapons programs. Reports indicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs continue apace and may be back to pre-Gulf War status. In addition, Saddam continues to redefine delivery systems and is doubtless using the cover of a licit missile program to develop longer-range missiles that will threaten the United States and our allies."
Letter to President Bush, Signed by:
-- Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), and others, Dec 5, 2001

"We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandate of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them."
-- Sen. Carl Levin (D, MI), Sept. 19, 2002

"We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country."
-- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002

"Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power."
-- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002

"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction."
-- Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002

"The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities. Intelligence reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons..."
-- Sen. Robert Byrd (D, WV), Oct. 3, 2002

"I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force -- if necessary -- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security."
-- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002

"There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years ... We also should remember we have always underestimated the progress Saddam has made in development of weapons of mass destruction."
-- Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D, WV), Oct 10, 2002

"He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm and destroy his chemical and biological weapons, and any nuclear capacity. This he has refused to do"
-- Rep. Henry Waxman (D, CA), Oct. 10, 2002

"In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members ... It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons."
-- Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), Oct 10, 2002

"We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction."
-- Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), Dec. 8, 2002

"Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation ... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction ... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real..."
-- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003

So basically, you've both just shown that neither the Republicans nor the Democrats in Washington knew what the hell they were talking about when it came to Iraq.

Fighting over who was less incompetent than the other seems kind of stupid to me, but hey, have at it.

If you can find evidence that these quotes that edthecynic says where made (btw good luck with that ), then you have a point, but you will find nothing of the sort, bro.....have at it.....

The Tenet quote was in reference to Iran, not Iraq.....edthecynic told a lie and was caught....

One more thing, the quotes I made can be verified as true.....

The Tenet quote was NOT in reference to Iran, that is an out and out lie!

CON$ can never find what they don't want to find!!!
Here is video of Powell and Rice saying Iraq is no threat before 9/11.

http://www.thememoryhole.org/war/powell-rice-wmd.wmv

 

[PatekPhilippe]

Geauxtohell, save your breath and your fingers. The liberals on this board don't care for the truth.

Bush was President but he couldn't do anything without the Congress approving it. The Congress with both Dems and Reps. End of story in my book. You can call Bush, Rummy, Cheney any name you choose but the fact remains that our Congress approved the war. Both parties. The Dems were just as rabid about it as the Reps with very few exceptions.

The Democrats voted AGAINST the war 147 to 110.

It's amazing to me how many times I've posted that over the years and the myth lives on.

While you're real quick to claim the sainthood of all of the Democrats in Congress, let me give you this point to ponder....
The Democrats controlled the Senate at the time and therefore the Senate Calender. All Daschle had to do was delay the vote on Iraq to conduct debate and investigate the WMD claims via the intelligence committee which he was a member of.

Why did they allow thiss resolution to pass UNDEBATED!!!?
Why did Dick Durbin come out and say "THERE WERE 2 SET'S OF INTELLIGENCE USED IN OUR DELIBERATIONS..." and then the Democrat controlled Senate did NOTHING!!!?

Now....please continue to tout your precious Democrats and how innocent and peace loving they are...then put down the crack pipe and rejoin clear thinking Americans here on planet earth.

 

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Did you mean: We do not have any direct evidence that Iran has used the period since Desert Fox to reconstitute its WMD programs" -George Tenet, 2/07/2001

It is a little bit like the elephant in the room, you know.....

Don't you CON$ ever get tired of lying??????
I notice YOU didn't include a link to your lie!

Here is a link to the CIA themselves! Read it and weep!!!!

https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/archived-reports-1/july_dec1999.htm

IRAQ

We do not have any direct evidence that Iraq has used the period since Desert Fox to reconstitute its WMD programs, although given its past behavior, this type of activity must be regarded as likely. We assess that since the suspension of UN inspections in December of 1998, Baghdad has had the capability to reinitiate both its CW and BW programs within a few weeks to months, but without an inspection monitoring program, it is difficult to determine if Iraq has done so.

"We do not have any direct evidence that Iraq has used the period since Desert Fox to reconstitute its WMD programs"
-George Tenet, 2/07/2001

This is your quote dated 2/7/2001, that you have used, now please explain where George Tenet made this statement on 2/7/2001 when the link you provided is from the following:

Unclassified Report to Congress, July - December 1999
Unclassified Report to Congress on
the Acquisition of Technology Relating to
Weapons of Mass Destruction and
Advanced Conventional Munitions

1 July Through 30 December 1999

One more thing, while your at it, please provide the source for the Rice & Powell statements as well....Whenever your ready to explain this one I am ready to listen......

 

[GWV5903]

http://www.thememoryhole.org/war/powell-rice-wmd.wmv

this is the worst effort of dubbing I have seen in a long time, ya think you could find something with a little more credibility than the Mr. Ed audio guy??? aren't you just a little embarrassed

 

[saveliberty]

Wow that Powell-Rice clip was lame too. Powell doesn't categorically deny Iraq could have WMD, just that the capabilities were limited. Rice isn't even talking about WMD in her carefully crafted clip edit. Maybe why we can't find it is because we don't google crap I need made up on Iraq.

 

[edthecynic]

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Did you mean: We do not have any direct evidence that Iran has used the period since Desert Fox to reconstitute its WMD programs" -George Tenet, 2/07/2001

It is a little bit like the elephant in the room, you know.....

Don't you CON$ ever get tired of lying??????
I notice YOU didn't include a link to your lie!

Here is a link to the CIA themselves! Read it and weep!!!!

https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/archived-reports-1/july_dec1999.htm

IRAQ

We do not have any direct evidence that Iraq has used the period since Desert Fox to reconstitute its WMD programs, although given its past behavior, this type of activity must be regarded as likely. We assess that since the suspension of UN inspections in December of 1998, Baghdad has had the capability to reinitiate both its CW and BW programs within a few weeks to months, but without an inspection monitoring program, it is difficult to determine if Iraq has done so.

"We do not have any direct evidence that Iraq has used the period since Desert Fox to reconstitute its WMD programs"
-George Tenet, 2/07/2001

This is your quote dated 2/7/2001, that you have used, now please explain where George Tenet made this statement on 2/7/2001 when the link you provided is from the following:

Unclassified Report to Congress, July - December 1999
Unclassified Report to Congress on
the Acquisition of Technology Relating to
Weapons of Mass Destruction and
Advanced Conventional Munitions

1 July Through 30 December 1999

One more thing, while your at it, please provide the source for the Rice & Powell statements as well....Whenever your ready to explain this one I am ready to listen......

The CIA REPORT was 1999, but Tenet gave that CIA report as TESTIMONY before Congress on Feb 2, 2001!!!!

Now YOU give the link to your lie that Tenet said it was Iran and not Iraq

 

[PatekPhilippe]

Don't you CON$ ever get tired of lying??????
I notice YOU didn't include a link to your lie!

Here is a link to the CIA themselves! Read it and weep!!!!

https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/archived-reports-1/july_dec1999.htm

IRAQ

We do not have any direct evidence that Iraq has used the period since Desert Fox to reconstitute its WMD programs, although given its past behavior, this type of activity must be regarded as likely. We assess that since the suspension of UN inspections in December of 1998, Baghdad has had the capability to reinitiate both its CW and BW programs within a few weeks to months, but without an inspection monitoring program, it is difficult to determine if Iraq has done so.

"We do not have any direct evidence that Iraq has used the period since Desert Fox to reconstitute its WMD programs"
-George Tenet, 2/07/2001

This is your quote dated 2/7/2001, that you have used, now please explain where George Tenet made this statement on 2/7/2001 when the link you provided is from the following:

Unclassified Report to Congress, July - December 1999
Unclassified Report to Congress on
the Acquisition of Technology Relating to
Weapons of Mass Destruction and
Advanced Conventional Munitions

1 July Through 30 December 1999

One more thing, while your at it, please provide the source for the Rice & Powell statements as well....Whenever your ready to explain this one I am ready to listen......

The CIA REPORT was 1999, but Tenet gave that CIA report as TESTIMONY before Congress on Feb 2, 2001!!!!

Now YOU give the link to your lie that Tenet said it was Iran and not Iraq

ed...quit now.... while your in last place....

The Democrats were clearly complicent in the whole WMD charade...
Tenet: "It's a slam dunk Mr. President!!"

 

[saveliberty]

This George Tenet?

Think Progress » Drunk George Tenet lashed out at Bush’s neocons: ‘The Jews’ who tried to ‘pin the Iraq WMD fiasco on him.’

Atlantic reporter Jeffrey Goldberg recently picked up a copy of Patrick Tyler’s forthcoming book, A World of Trouble, which focuses on “America’s tortured relations with the Middle East.” Goldberg says that the book’s prologue contains a “whopper of a scene” featuring former CIA director George Tenet “drunk on scotch, flailing about Prince Bandar’s Riyadh pool, screaming about the Bush Administration officials who were just then trying to pin the Iraq WMD fiasco on him.” Tyler reports that Tenet also “mocked the neoconservatives in the Bush administration” as “the Jews“:

Same guy that said this, right?

"Statement by George J. Tenet Director of Central Intelligence

July 11, 2003

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Legitimate questions have arisen about how remarks on alleged Iraqi attempts to obtain uranium in Africa made it into the President’s State of the Union speech. Let me be clear about several things right up front. First, CIA approved the President’s State of the Union address before it was delivered. Second, I am responsible for the approval process in my Agency. And third, the President had every reason to believe that the text presented to him was sound.

https://www.cia.gov/news-informatio...ts/press-release-archive-2003/pr07112003.html

Oh look, the same person said this:

Tenet even brazenly claimed that a "very sensitive, highly placed source in Iraq" about whom "little has been publicly said" had "reported that production of chemical and biological weapons was taking place". The reporting from the source, continuing through the NIE and beyond, "gave those of us at the most senior level further confidence that our information about Saddam’s WMD programmes was correct."

POLITICS-US: How Tenet Betrayed the CIA on WMD in Iraq - IPS ipsnews.net

Low and behold here it is folks:

Tenet told Congress in February 2001 that Iraq was “probably” pursuing chemical and biological weapons programs but that the CIA had no direct evidence that Iraq had actually obtained such weapons. However, such caveats as “may” and “probably” were removed from intelligence reports by key members of the Bush administration immediately after 9/11 when discussing Iraq.

“We do not have any direct evidence that Iraq has used the period since (Operation) Desert Fox to reconstitute its WMD programs,” Tenet said in an agency report to Congress Feb. 7, 2001. “Moreover, the automated video monitoring systems installed by the UN at known and suspect WMD facilities in Iraq are still not operating… Having lost this on-the-ground access, it is more difficult for the UN or the U.S. to accurately assess the current state of Iraq’s WMD programs.”

Can you say, I took this out of context ed?

The Raw Story | Rediscovered testimony given by CIA director in 2001 suggests manipulation of pre-war intelligence

 

[jillian]

This is your quote dated 2/7/2001, that you have used, now please explain where George Tenet made this statement on 2/7/2001 when the link you provided is from the following:

Unclassified Report to Congress, July - December 1999
Unclassified Report to Congress on
the Acquisition of Technology Relating to
Weapons of Mass Destruction and
Advanced Conventional Munitions

1 July Through 30 December 1999

One more thing, while your at it, please provide the source for the Rice & Powell statements as well....Whenever your ready to explain this one I am ready to listen......

The CIA REPORT was 1999, but Tenet gave that CIA report as TESTIMONY before Congress on Feb 2, 2001!!!!

Now YOU give the link to your lie that Tenet said it was Iran and not Iraq

ed...quit now.... while your in last place....

The Democrats were clearly complicent in the whole WMD charade...
Tenet: "It's a slam dunk Mr. President!!"

before a single bomb was dropped on Iraq, bush was supposed to come back to congress and report. the authority to wage war was only ever supposed to be used to leverage diplomatic efforts...which worked..... and war was supposed to be only the last resort. not the first. so were the dems wusses? yes. but complicit? extraordinary overstatement.

 

[Xenophon]

Don't let the dems off the hook Jill.

They only came up with the double talk about scare tactics when the war went bad.

When it looked like an easy win they were all for it.

 

[Chris]

Geauxtohell, save your breath and your fingers. The liberals on this board don't care for the truth.

Bush was President but he couldn't do anything without the Congress approving it. The Congress with both Dems and Reps. End of story in my book. You can call Bush, Rummy, Cheney any name you choose but the fact remains that our Congress approved the war. Both parties. The Dems were just as rabid about it as the Reps with very few exceptions.

The Democrats voted AGAINST the war 147 to 110.

It's amazing to me how many times I've posted that over the years and the myth lives on.

Thanks for posting it again.

 

[edthecynic]

This George Tenet?

Think Progress » Drunk George Tenet lashed out at Bush’s neocons: ‘The Jews’ who tried to ‘pin the Iraq WMD fiasco on him.’

Atlantic reporter Jeffrey Goldberg recently picked up a copy of Patrick Tyler’s forthcoming book, A World of Trouble, which focuses on “America’s tortured relations with the Middle East.” Goldberg says that the book’s prologue contains a “whopper of a scene” featuring former CIA director George Tenet “drunk on scotch, flailing about Prince Bandar’s Riyadh pool, screaming about the Bush Administration officials who were just then trying to pin the Iraq WMD fiasco on him.” Tyler reports that Tenet also “mocked the neoconservatives in the Bush administration” as “the Jews“:

Same guy that said this, right?

"Statement by George J. Tenet Director of Central Intelligence

July 11, 2003

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Legitimate questions have arisen about how remarks on alleged Iraqi attempts to obtain uranium in Africa made it into the President’s State of the Union speech. Let me be clear about several things right up front. First, CIA approved the President’s State of the Union address before it was delivered. Second, I am responsible for the approval process in my Agency. And third, the President had every reason to believe that the text presented to him was sound.

https://www.cia.gov/news-informatio...ts/press-release-archive-2003/pr07112003.html

Oh look, the same person said this:

Tenet even brazenly claimed that a "very sensitive, highly placed source in Iraq" about whom "little has been publicly said" had "reported that production of chemical and biological weapons was taking place". The reporting from the source, continuing through the NIE and beyond, "gave those of us at the most senior level further confidence that our information about Saddam’s WMD programmes was correct."

POLITICS-US: How Tenet Betrayed the CIA on WMD in Iraq - IPS ipsnews.net

Low and behold here it is folks:

Tenet told Congress in February 2001 that Iraq was “probably” pursuing chemical and biological weapons programs but that the CIA had no direct evidence that Iraq had actually obtained such weapons. However, such caveats as “may” and “probably” were removed from intelligence reports by key members of the Bush administration immediately after 9/11 when discussing Iraq.

“We do not have any direct evidence that Iraq has used the period since (Operation) Desert Fox to reconstitute its WMD programs,” Tenet said in an agency report to Congress Feb. 7, 2001. “Moreover, the automated video monitoring systems installed by the UN at known and suspect WMD facilities in Iraq are still not operating… Having lost this on-the-ground access, it is more difficult for the UN or the U.S. to accurately assess the current state of Iraq’s WMD programs.”

Can you say, I took this out of context ed?

The Raw Story | Rediscovered testimony given by CIA director in 2001 suggests manipulation of pre-war intelligence

Gee, nowhere does he say it was IRAN rather than IRAQ!!!

 

[Xenophon]

And again, democrats controlled the senate yet it still passed, no matter how many times carbineer posts the vote from the house.

If the Dems didn't want it wasn't happening, they were right there with chimpola until it went bad, hypocrites all.

 

[GWV5903]

Don't you CON$ ever get tired of lying??????
I notice YOU didn't include a link to your lie!

Here is a link to the CIA themselves! Read it and weep!!!!

https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/archived-reports-1/july_dec1999.htm

IRAQ

We do not have any direct evidence that Iraq has used the period since Desert Fox to reconstitute its WMD programs, although given its past behavior, this type of activity must be regarded as likely. We assess that since the suspension of UN inspections in December of 1998, Baghdad has had the capability to reinitiate both its CW and BW programs within a few weeks to months, but without an inspection monitoring program, it is difficult to determine if Iraq has done so.

"We do not have any direct evidence that Iraq has used the period since Desert Fox to reconstitute its WMD programs"
-George Tenet, 2/07/2001

This is your quote dated 2/7/2001, that you have used, now please explain where George Tenet made this statement on 2/7/2001 when the link you provided is from the following:

Unclassified Report to Congress, July - December 1999
Unclassified Report to Congress on
the Acquisition of Technology Relating to
Weapons of Mass Destruction and
Advanced Conventional Munitions

1 July Through 30 December 1999

One more thing, while your at it, please provide the source for the Rice & Powell statements as well....Whenever your ready to explain this one I am ready to listen......

The CIA REPORT was 1999, but Tenet gave that CIA report as TESTIMONY before Congress on Feb 2, 2001!!!!

Now YOU give the link to your lie that Tenet said it was Iran and not Iraq

Now ed, just admit it, you found the Tenet, Rice and Powell quotes on the AOL boards....

You had no idea of what they said....just admit it.....it's OK.....

One more time for you skippy, notice the results and time/seconds;

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Did you mean: We do not have any direct evidence that Iran has used the period since Desert Fox to reconstitute its WMD programs" -George Tenet, 2/07/2001

 

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This George Tenet?

Think Progress » Drunk George Tenet lashed out at Bush’s neocons: ‘The Jews’ who tried to ‘pin the Iraq WMD fiasco on him.’

Atlantic reporter Jeffrey Goldberg recently picked up a copy of Patrick Tyler’s forthcoming book, A World of Trouble, which focuses on “America’s tortured relations with the Middle East.” Goldberg says that the book’s prologue contains a “whopper of a scene” featuring former CIA director George Tenet “drunk on scotch, flailing about Prince Bandar’s Riyadh pool, screaming about the Bush Administration officials who were just then trying to pin the Iraq WMD fiasco on him.” Tyler reports that Tenet also “mocked the neoconservatives in the Bush administration” as “the Jews“:

Same guy that said this, right?

"Statement by George J. Tenet Director of Central Intelligence

July 11, 2003

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Legitimate questions have arisen about how remarks on alleged Iraqi attempts to obtain uranium in Africa made it into the President’s State of the Union speech. Let me be clear about several things right up front. First, CIA approved the President’s State of the Union address before it was delivered. Second, I am responsible for the approval process in my Agency. And third, the President had every reason to believe that the text presented to him was sound.

https://www.cia.gov/news-informatio...ts/press-release-archive-2003/pr07112003.html

Oh look, the same person said this:

Tenet even brazenly claimed that a "very sensitive, highly placed source in Iraq" about whom "little has been publicly said" had "reported that production of chemical and biological weapons was taking place". The reporting from the source, continuing through the NIE and beyond, "gave those of us at the most senior level further confidence that our information about Saddam’s WMD programmes was correct."

POLITICS-US: How Tenet Betrayed the CIA on WMD in Iraq - IPS ipsnews.net

Low and behold here it is folks:

Tenet told Congress in February 2001 that Iraq was “probably” pursuing chemical and biological weapons programs but that the CIA had no direct evidence that Iraq had actually obtained such weapons. However, such caveats as “may” and “probably” were removed from intelligence reports by key members of the Bush administration immediately after 9/11 when discussing Iraq.

“We do not have any direct evidence that Iraq has used the period since (Operation) Desert Fox to reconstitute its WMD programs,” Tenet said in an agency report to Congress Feb. 7, 2001. “Moreover, the automated video monitoring systems installed by the UN at known and suspect WMD facilities in Iraq are still not operating… Having lost this on-the-ground access, it is more difficult for the UN or the U.S. to accurately assess the current state of Iraq’s WMD programs.”

Can you say, I took this out of context ed?

The Raw Story | Rediscovered testimony given by CIA director in 2001 suggests manipulation of pre-war intelligence

Gee, nowhere does he say it was IRAN rather than IRAQ!!!

Hey I just did the research. Let the chips fall where they may.