Study of Rhetoric on Iraq is Urged

[kskiska]

Kay: Panel Should Check for Distortion

By Walter Pincus

David Kay, the former chief U.S. arms inspector in Iraq, said yesterday that President Bush's new commission on intelligence should study how the president and his senior policymakers used the information they received from intelligence agencies.

"The charges are out there," Kay said during a talk at the U.S. Institute of Peace, "and if there was misuse or distortion, we need to know it." He added that he did not believe that was the case and that he was told to "find the truth" when he was given the job of searching for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

Bush's executive order creating the commission last week spelled out the panel's areas of inquiry, and did not list among them the question of whether the administration accurately portrayed the information in intelligence reports. The panel was directed to investigate prewar intelligence collection and the analysis of deposed president Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction, and to compare that analysis with what has since been found by the Iraq Survey Group and other agencies.

Democrats accuse administration officials of exaggerating the threat from Hussein's nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs as they built a case for war. No such weapons have been found in Iraq, and Democrats are calling for the commission to investigate whether the administration went too far in its rhetoric. Kay told his audience he knew partisan politics played a role in such demands but added, "The commission ought to examine everything."

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[KissMyAsscroft]

1. Huh?

Whaaaaaaaaaaaa?????

[KissMyAsscroft]

4. So he says this after the commission is form to cover his ass...

Nice piece of work Mr. Kay you fucking scumbag...

[fearnobush]

2. A change of heart Mr. Key?

"The charges are out there," Kay said during a talk at the U.S. Institute of Peace, "and if there was misuse or distortion, we need to know it."

[keopeli]

3. My reaction = HUGE RED FLAG

The idea that an honest investigator is making honest observations and they are being disclosed in an honest and open way by the media, not to mention that this investigator was hand-picked by Bush* to "find the truth," is remarkable. HUGE RED FLAG! Allow all possible scenarios - this may be a setup, or the truth - this may be a distraction, or a leak - this may be planned, or...wait a minute...it was definitely planned.

Given my prediction that anything Bush* touches from this point forward will turn against him, I'd say let's just sit back and see where the cards fall on the distorion issue. If Bush* loses, we'll know for sure. If Bush* sticks around, abandon all hope of discovering the truth about this anytime soon.

Keo

[DuctapeFatwa]

5. bush is a figurehead. He is not essential to implementation of policies

the regime may be taking the cries of "ABB" seriously.

[daleo]

6. There do seem to be a few loose cannons rolling around the deck

But beware of a set-up.

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. Seems fairly obvious that this is the ONLY thing

that needs to be investigated. Everything else has been widely reported and is well known. Just exactly who was responsible for and why the SOTU was ever presented that way would be good for starters.
Or perhaps Cheney's memorable remark that "they have reconstituted their nuclear program".

[burrowowl]

8. Can't wait for

Hans Blix's book to come out!

[Voltaire99]

9. Bizarre, slow-mo national awakening

It's like watching the nation take tender steps out of cryogenic deep freeze.

[SquireJons]

11. Slumbering Giants Waking?

Hey, I'm as cynical as the next guy (around here) but the drip turned into a trickle a few weeks ago, and now I see pieces falling from the dike. Add this to O'Riley's very public apology just a day before, along with critical editorials from conservative newpapers... The drub beat is getting louder and louder, and that's what is waking the giants.

Once giants wake, they do a lot of damage.

[radfringe]

10. tiptoeing around symantics

mislead, distored, manipulated....

plain and simple - Bush Lied and Soldiers Died

[leftchick]

12. Investigate OSP!

It would have been nice if Walter had included Russ Feingold's Demand for the investigation of the Pentagon's OSP on the Senate floor yesterday......