Through leaks and smears, Senate chairman protects White House to blame CIA, Democrats
Larisa Alexandrovna

Niger forgeries and WMDS – Roberts fingers CIA

As more questions surface on the Administration's lies about WMD and forged Niger documents, Roberts becomes a staunch Bush defender, deflecting pre-war "failures" away from the White House and pinning all blame on the CIA.

On July 11, 2003 - five days after former ambassador Joseph Wilson writes an article for the New York Times challenging the White House claim of Niger uranium sales to Iraq, Roberts issues a statement:

"What now concerns me most," he remarks , "is what appears to be a campaign of press leaks by the CIA in an effort to discredit the President." [...] Read more at the RawStory web site: http://tinyurl.com/ch45c

A related story on the web site:

Senate Intelligence chairman quietly 'fixed' intelligence, and diverted blame from White House over Iraq

by Larisa Alexandrovna
http://tinyurl.com/8aqt9


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