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Posted by Trancer-X on Dec-04-2005 06:43:

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Originally posted by Yoepus
The argument is simple:

The democrats has the same intelligence available to them as the republics as did the president. They all (majority) believed: Saddam has WMD and something most be done about it.

Some aruge Bush had "better" intelligence than that which was available to Congress, perhaps. But there was a lot of intelligence. Everyone (majority) chose to believe in WMD, just like they chose to believe before Sept-11th that no one would fly planes into tall buildings.

Looking back at it you can see intelligence faults. US intelligences is crap, perhaps some of the crappiest, but then again, many intelligence agencies messed up big on the WMD cause.

So to simplify: Everyone had the same intelligence. Bush decided to act on this intelligence. The intelligence was proven wrong. Bush is the only liar

http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/n...dow-spies01.htm

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...-2005Jan22.html

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...857#post5313885

Posted by Trancer-X on Dec-05-2005 01:09:

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How selectively the work of the intelligence agencies is being used on both sides of the Atlantic is shown by a revealing clash between Senator Bob Graham and the Bush administration's top intelligence advisers. Mr Graham, a Democrat, is chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Last July, baffled by the apparently contradictory assessments on Iraq by America's 13 different intelligence agencies, he asked for a report to be drawn up by the CIA that estimated the likelihood of Saddam Hussein using weapons of mass destruction.

The CIA procrastinated, but finally produced a report after Senator Graham threatened to accuse them of obstruction. The conclusions were so significant that he immediately asked for it to be declassified. The CIA concluded that the likelihood of Saddam Hussein using such weapons was "very low" for the "foreseeable future". The only circumstances in which Iraq would be more likely to use chemical weapons or encourage terrorist attacks would be if it was attacked.

After more arguments the CIA partly declassified the report. Senator Graham noted that the parts released were those that made the case for war with Iraq. Those that did not were withheld. He appealed, and the extra material was eventually released. Yet the report has largely been ignored by the US media.

http://www.informationclearinghouse...article1295.htm

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