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Study: False statements preceded war
by KEARNEY | January 23, 2008 at 03:54 am | 266 views | 2 comments
he 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. The White House did not immediately return a phone call for comment.
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January 23, 2008 at 03:54 am by KEARNEY, 266 views, 2 comments
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at 11:16 on January 23rd, 2008
Going To War On False Pretenses - Expanded report of above story
at 12:50 on January 23rd, 2008
Web Site Assembles U.S. Prewar Claims - New York Times
Students of how the Bush administration led the nation into the Iraq
war can now go online to browse a comprehensive database of top
officials' statements before the invasion, connecting the dots between
hundreds of claims, mostly discredited since then, linking Saddam
Hussein to Al Qaeda or warning that he possessed forbidden weapons.