Book criticial of White House hits stores

[Judi Lynn]

Book criticial of White House hits stores


GOP labels tome by key Democrat 'bizarre theories'

Frank Davies
Knight Ridder Newspapers
Sept. 8, 2004 12:00 AM


WASHINGTON - Sen. Bob Graham's book on U.S. intelligence failures hit bookstores Tuesday and quickly became a hot issue in the presidential campaign.
The Florida Democrat hammered President Bush for the Iraq war and the Sept. 11 investigation, while the Republican National Committee derided Graham's "bizarre conspiracy theories" and his credibility.

In a conference call arranged by John Kerry's campaign, Graham emphasized one of the major assertions in his book, Intelligence Matters: that the Bush administration blocked and covered up a thorough congressional investigation into Saudi Arabian involvement in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

On Iraq, Graham said Vice President Dick Cheney "intimidated" the CIA into overestimating the threat from Saddam Hussein while downplaying the fact that "the intelligence was fundamentally weak, and we were totally reliant on foreign sources and exiles."

"Rather than speak truth to power, they were speaking what they (Bush officials) wanted to hear."
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http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0908graham08.html

[saracat]

1. Ah,yes. One of the most intelligent, by their own admission,

members of the Senate comes up with "bizarre theories". Could it be he never voted for the war because as only one of four people who actually "SAW" the evidence he knew it was bogus. What's "bizarre' is that we went to war based on nothing!

[clydefrand]

2. I saw Graham on Aaron Brown's CNN show last night

I thought he was mocking Graham with faked incredulity. He seemed to want to gloss over Graham's comments and just get rid of him as quickly as possible. Did anyone else see this and think as I did?

[Judi Lynn]

3. No! Didn't see it. Your description of his behavior, however, rings

true, by all means. He has a devious quality he will not overcome.

He's a shallow man with rare flashes of decency.

[Justice]

4. I saw it

Aaron Brown started by saying - okay let's see how quickly we can get thorough this or something like that. He kept interupting, saying but 3000 people died, why would Bush cover up ties when 3000 people died. He hurried through, asked alot of questions, but seemed like he was going thru the motions.

[cthrumatrix]

5. you will not see the media investigating....

Graham has been vocal about 911 issues for some time and they act like this is new... only the book is new.

I guess Michael Moore isn't soo wrong anymore CNN?

[stickdog]

6. According to the GOP, this belongs in the 9/11 forum. (nt)