Reply #13: officials made the disclosure hours after they were alerted by the CIA

[L. Coyote]

This goes to the heart of the impeachment articles by Kucinich.
Again, this is so long overdue due to lack of oversight until the Dem majority.

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July 23, 2003 - Washington Post
Bush Aides Disclose Warnings From CIA - Oct. Memos Raised Doubts on Iraq Bid
by Dana Milbank and Walter Pincus
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0723-05.htm


The CIA sent two memos to the White House in October voicing strong doubts about a claim President Bush made three months later in the State of the Union address that Iraq was trying to buy nuclear material in Africa, White House officials said yesterday.

The officials made the disclosure hours after they were alerted by the CIA to the existence of a memo sent to Bush's deputy national security adviser, Stephen J. Hadley, on Oct. 6. The White House said Bush's chief speechwriter, Michael Gerson, on Friday night discovered another memo from the CIA, dated Oct. 5, also expressing doubts about the Africa claims.

The information, provided in a briefing by Hadley and Bush communications director Dan Bartlett, significantly alters the explanation previously offered by the White House. ..............................