They knew ...
by David Sirota & Christy Harvey
In These Times
08/03/04
With U.S. casualties mounting in an election year, the White House is grasping at straws to avoid being held accountable for its dishonesty. The whitewash already has started: In July, Republicans on the Senate Intelligence Committee released a controversial report blaming the CIA for the mess. The panel conveniently refuses to evaluate what the White House did with the information it was given or how the White House set up its own special team of Pentagon political appointees (called the Office of Special Plans) to circumvent well-established intelligence channels. And Vice President Dick Cheney continues to say without a shred of proof that there is 'overwhelming evidence' justifying the administration's pre-war charges...
http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/they_knew_0802/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
In These Times
08/03/04
With U.S. casualties mounting in an election year, the White House is grasping at straws to avoid being held accountable for its dishonesty. The whitewash already has started: In July, Republicans on the Senate Intelligence Committee released a controversial report blaming the CIA for the mess. The panel conveniently refuses to evaluate what the White House did with the information it was given or how the White House set up its own special team of Pentagon political appointees (called the Office of Special Plans) to circumvent well-established intelligence channels. And Vice President Dick Cheney continues to say without a shred of proof that there is 'overwhelming evidence' justifying the administration's pre-war charges...
http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/they_knew_0802/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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