Center for Public Integrity/NSS Study: False statements preceded war

[BuyingThyme]

Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008

Study: False statements preceded war
- The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks.

The study concluded that the statements "were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the process, led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses."

The study was posted Tuesday on the Web site of the Center for Public Integrity, which worked with the Fund for Independence in Journalism. The White House did not immediately return a phone call for comment.

The study counted 935 false statements in the two-year period. It found that in speeches, briefings, interviews and other venues, Bush and administration officials stated unequivocally on at least 532 occasions that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction or was trying to produce or obtain them or had links to al-Qaida or both.

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http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/350180.html

[teleharmonium]

1. better late than never, but better not late

somebody send joe sixpack the memo

[Eugene]

2. K&R n/t

[cutlassmama]

3. already posted.

[BuyingThyme]

4. Mine was first.

(Oh, except for the one that was posted the day before. Oh well...)