this was a super good program
- general eric shinseki told the truth.
- it pissed wolfowitz off.
- at one point tenet raised objections.
- he didn’t let Bush cite curveball’s evidence in one speech
- but later on he relented.
- it is clear that cheney wanted war no matter what the intelligence said.
- condoleeza rice was part of it – she nodded and said that there was a preponderance of intelligence when there was nothing.
- tenet heard the meager evidence and said that there could be no doubt.
- “curveball” was the source of all the intelligence, and curveball was Ahmed Chalabi.
- curveball merely claimed that he as a graduate student was “working on” this trailer which was a mobile bioweapons factory.
- curveball lying about this was not questioned.
- colin powell was disliked for being a diplomat
- ironic seeing as he was the #1 hawk during Gulf War I
- tenet’s guidance made powell lie at the UN, presenting Chalabi’s evidence as truth
sonicsrini / 2008-03-25 05:58:58
the media was a big part of the rush to war
- the new york times article cited one of curveball’s assertions
- then cheney and rice cited the new york times article.
- this gave their lies credibility.
