zimv20
Dec 24, 2003, 05:17 PM
White House Faulted on Uranium Claim
Intelligence Warnings Disregarded, President's Advisory Board Says (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25935-2003Dec23.html)
The President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board has concluded that the White House made a questionable claim in January's State of the Union address about Saddam Hussein's efforts to obtain nuclear materials because of its desperation to show that Hussein had an active program to develop nuclear weapons, according to a well-placed source familiar with the board's findings.
The findings of the advisory board do not appear to add many new details about the uranium episode, but they make it clear that the White House should share blame with the CIA for allowing the questionable material into the speech. CIA Director George J. Tenet and deputy national security adviser Stephen J. Hadley have accepted responsibility for allowing the assertion into the address.
...and...
Fact-checkers blamed for Bush's uranium speech (http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/12/24/white.house.uranium/index.html)
President Bush's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board has concluded that his 2003 State of the Union address included information about Iraq's weapons program that wasn't checked carefully, a source involved in the investigation and findings said Wednesday.
"No one checked their facts carefully," said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity. "It was a mistake that propagated itself. They should have known better to check and ask more questions about the information."
nice timing for the WH, coming the day before Xmas. i wonder what, if anything, bush will do to address it.
or have we all "moved past it?"
Intelligence Warnings Disregarded, President's Advisory Board Says (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25935-2003Dec23.html)
The President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board has concluded that the White House made a questionable claim in January's State of the Union address about Saddam Hussein's efforts to obtain nuclear materials because of its desperation to show that Hussein had an active program to develop nuclear weapons, according to a well-placed source familiar with the board's findings.
The findings of the advisory board do not appear to add many new details about the uranium episode, but they make it clear that the White House should share blame with the CIA for allowing the questionable material into the speech. CIA Director George J. Tenet and deputy national security adviser Stephen J. Hadley have accepted responsibility for allowing the assertion into the address.
...and...
Fact-checkers blamed for Bush's uranium speech (http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/12/24/white.house.uranium/index.html)
President Bush's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board has concluded that his 2003 State of the Union address included information about Iraq's weapons program that wasn't checked carefully, a source involved in the investigation and findings said Wednesday.
"No one checked their facts carefully," said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity. "It was a mistake that propagated itself. They should have known better to check and ask more questions about the information."
nice timing for the WH, coming the day before Xmas. i wonder what, if anything, bush will do to address it.
or have we all "moved past it?"
