Tenet Says Official Wanted Iraq Claim

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=512&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20030717/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq

WASHINGTON - CIA (news - web sites) Director George Tenet told members of Congress a White House official insisted that President Bush (news - web sites)'s State of the Union address include an assertion about Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s nuclear intentions that had not been verified, a Senate Intelligence Committee member said Thursday.


Sen. Dick Durbin, who was present for a 4 1/2-hour appearance by Tenet behind closed doors with Intelligence Committee members Wednesday, said Tenet named the official. But the Illinois Democrat said that person's identity could not be revealed because of the confidentiality of the proceedings.


White House spokesman Scott McClellan was quick to dispute Durbin's account. "That characterization is nonsense. It's not surprising, coming from someone who was in a rather small minority in Congress who did not support the action we took," McClellan told reporters.


Durbin, appearing on ABC's "Good Morning America," said that Tenet "certainly told us who the person was who was insistent on putting this language in which the CIA knew to be incredible, this language about the uranium shipment from Africa."


"And there was this negotiation between the White House and the CIA about just how far you could go and be close to the truth and unfortunately those sixteen words were included in the most important speech the president delivers in any given year," Durbin added.
 

phillyTIM

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well i'm sure it won't be long till we find out who Tenet "outed". grab the popcorn, it's going to be interesting!

by the way, what's our VP Cheney been up to lately? Anyone hear anything about SOMETHING/ANYTHING he's done?

kinda odd, so quiet
 

DealMonkey

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How long do you suppose it'll be before Bob Joseph will be fired and/or forced to apologize in Bush's "Era of Responsiblity?"
 

conehead433

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Well excuse me but the words in the speech pertaining to Iraq seeking to obtain uranium came out of the mouth of George W. Bush. It is amazing that Bush and his entire camp act like they didn't know that the documents were forgeries when this information was known to be false in early 2002. Lying to Congress and the American people in an effort to get support for a war that Bush wanted is low enough, but to continually place the the blame elsewhere for the words that he spoke is scraping the bottom. But then again, George W. Bush has never admitted to anything wrong. Whatever happened to 'The Buck Stops Here'? Well only if I can' t get someone else to be the fall guy. And Bush seems to think this is some minor thing and we should just forget about it? Well they impeached Nixon for lying about Watergate, Clinton for lying about where he parked his private parts, so let's give a medal to George W. Bush.