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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080123/...44dDGbPb6s0NUE
By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks.
The study concluded that the statements "were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the process, led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses."
The study was posted Tuesday on the Web site of the Center for Public Integrity, which worked with the Fund for Independence in Journalism.
White House spokesman Scott Stanzel did not comment on the merits of the study Tuesday night but reiterated the administration's position that the world community viewed Iraq's leader, Saddam Hussein, as a threat.
"The actions taken in 2003 were based on the collective judgment of intelligence agencies around the world," Stanzel said.
The study counted 935 false statements in the two-year period. It found that in speeches, briefings, interviews and other venues, Bush and administration officials stated unequivocally on at least 532 occasions that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction or was trying to produce or obtain them or had links to al-Qaida or both.
"It is now beyond dispute that Iraq did not possess any weapons of mass destruction or have meaningful ties to al-Qaida," according to Charles Lewis and Mark Reading-Smith of the Fund for Independence in Journalism staff members, writing an overview of the study. "In short, the Bush administration led the nation to war on the basis of erroneous information that it methodically propagated and that culminated in military action against Iraq on March 19, 2003."
Named in the study along with Bush were top officials of the administration during the period studied: Vice President Cheney, national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and White House press secretaries Ari Fleischer and Scott McClellan.
Bush led with 259 false statements, 231 about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and 28 about Iraq's links to al-Qaida, the study found. That was second only to Powell's 244 false statements about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and 10 about Iraq and al-Qaida.
The center said the study was based on a database created with public statements over the two years beginning on Sept. 11, 2001, and information from more than 25 government reports, books, articles, speeches and interviews.
"The ulative effect of these false statements — amplified by thousands of news stories and broadcasts — was massive, with the media coverage creating an almost impenetrable din for several critical months in the run-up to war," the study concluded.
"Some journalists — indeed, even some entire news organizations — have since acknowledged that their coverage during those prewar months was far too deferential and uncritical. These mea culpas notwithstanding, much of the wall-to-wall media coverage provided additional, 'independent' validation of the Bush administration's false statements about Iraq," it said.
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On the Net:
Center For Public Integrity: http://www.publicintegrity.org/default.aspx
Fund For Independence in Journalism: http://www.tfij.org/
Ssshhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
No blowjobs? yawn
"The administration lied to get us into war"
What?
I've never heard anything like that before.
What a revelation.
Those bas s!!!
We must be CERTAIN in our criticisms of Bush.. we must know they are 100% accurate or we are all traitors..
I'm sure yoni , xray and whotttass will make light of this.
Yep, that's what most of Americans wished for in a Commander in Chief, one who spent countless hours planning rendezvous' with a White House page, while terrorist's were spending countless hours planning how they could attack the Country he pledged to protect.
May his legacy be never forgotten.
The study is a little misleading. With the benefit of hindsight we all now know that the WMDs assertions were false. However, was it reasonable to make those assertions at the time with the intelligence we had?
Now why would we do something like that? Shame on you!
We all know Clinton, et al, wouldn't make false statements,
now would they.
Rhetorical question?
Yeah, that lucky bas shouldve been expanding the federal government to its record size, increasing the national debt 10 fold, starting wars in other countries under ever-changing conditions and reasons and fear-mongering the American public into actually believing that "Terrorists" actually pose some significant threat to the USA as a whole.
Blow jobs, I forgot....good Christians dont give head I guess.
Cool so WHEN we get hit again and all of the planning happened under GWB's watch you will be out blaming him.. nice job...
...thats a fair point. IF we are hit again, according to your logic, it will be Bush Jrs fault.Cool so WHEN we get hit again and all of the planning happened under GWB's watch you will be out blaming him.. nice job...
Thats YOUR logic JJ, not mine for the record.
Intelligence?
"was it reasonable to make those assertions"
To start a war, one needs more than "assertions".
We also know that dubya and head cherry-picked and hyped the supporting "evidence", while suppressing/classifying what could be called equally "reasonable" counter-assertions and evidence.
Anybody who dared get in the way was destroyed: Shinsheki, Plame.
The neo- s wanted the Iraq oil invasion since the 1990s, and trumped up "assertions" and bullied and lied to the press and nation and UN to get the war.
So tell us again, how many trillions of dollars and thousands of lives were Bill's lies responsible for?Now why would we do something like that? Shame on you!
We all know Clinton, et al, wouldn't make false statements,
now would they.
Where do you want me to start. How bout Mogadishu.
Think that would be a good place. Where OBL, said he
learned we had not guts. There are a few more places.
We could also include WTC where we lost 3000 citizens
from our and the worlds population.
So are you going to blame Bush Jr when we are inevitably attacked during the next Presidency?
If not, your opinion is meaningless. 9/11 happened 3 years after Clinton left office.
You want to try 9 months.............three years.....have
another of whatever you are drinking. And pour one for
me...
hehe...whoooooops!
My bad. I was trippin.
I'm married to one.
They do, just not so much.
How many weeks did Bush spend clearing brush in Crawford the summer of 01?
How many cabinet level meetings about Islamist terra did he hold before 9/11?
May his legacy never be forgotten.
Allow me to take the guesswork out of your question. A 50 year old married man getting a bj from a 23 year old girl would be considered un-Christlike.
If you had read more than 3 pages of the Bible before throwing it down, as you previously stated, you wouldn't have to guess about issues like that.
Ignorance truly is bliss, isn't it.
After Iran and Iraq went to war. Anwat Sadat said "the war for oil has begun"
2008 it is still going on.
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