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Jun 11, 2004, 12:52 PM
"[B]State Department retracts terrorism assertion (http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/06/10/powell.terror.report/)
Corrected report will show 'sharp increase'
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. government acknowledged Thursday that a recent report declaring a decline in terrorism in 2003 was wrong.
The report, released in April and touted by top administration officials as a sign of the success of the war on terrorism, was based on faulty data, said State Department spokesman Richard Boucher..."
Apparently, we were fed incorrect and misleading information about the effectiveness of the war on terror. If Mr. Bush doesn't put a patch and this series of unfortunate mistakes, someone might jump to the conclusion that this administration has been less than truthful on occasions.
Corrected report will show 'sharp increase'
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. government acknowledged Thursday that a recent report declaring a decline in terrorism in 2003 was wrong.
The report, released in April and touted by top administration officials as a sign of the success of the war on terrorism, was based on faulty data, said State Department spokesman Richard Boucher..."
Apparently, we were fed incorrect and misleading information about the effectiveness of the war on terror. If Mr. Bush doesn't put a patch and this series of unfortunate mistakes, someone might jump to the conclusion that this administration has been less than truthful on occasions.
