White House in crisis over 'Iraq lies' claims

[cal04]

Watergate journalist's new book threatens to demolish Bush's credibility and boost Democrats ahead of mid-term elections

President George Bush was bracing for one of the toughest fights of his political life yesterday as a fierce row broke out over whether he has been misleading the American public over the worsening violence in Iraq.

The White House has been rocked by a series of explosive leaks from a new book by political journalist Bob Woodward. The author was scheduled to give his first television interview this evening on the CBS showcase 60 Minutes, an interview that is set to ignite a firestorm over the conduct of the war. Woodward's book lifts the lid on an administration in crisis, claiming that Bush and his top officials had deliberately covered up the seriousness of the violence in the war-torn country.

Woodward has hitherto been sympathetic to the Bush administration and its desire to go to war in Iraq. Now, however, the journalist who broke the Watergate scandal has become a fierce critic of the Bush White House.

In the TV interview Woodward accuses Bush of keeping the real situation in Iraq secret from the American public and playing down the true level of violence. 'There's public and there's private. But what did they do with the private? They stamp it secret. No one is supposed to know,' Woodward says.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1884879,00.html

[wakeme2008]

1. hehehehehe and add to that the just release firing of Colin P...

Bushie is not going to have a good week.

[MannyGoldstein]

2. "threatens to demolish Bush's credibility"?

Where have these guys been? Last time I looked at polling data, the number of folks who though The Smirk was honest was roughly the same as the number who believe in UFOs.

[bigbrother05]

3. I think Barney should cut and run