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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 06:48 PM
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Hearing made AOL's top news with video!!!!
Edited on Thu Jun-16-05 06:49 PM by OmmmSweetOmmm
http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20050616134009990006

Updated: 06:03 PM EDT
Democrats Hold Hearing on 'Downing Street Memo'
Lawmakers Question Pre-War Intelligence on Iraq
By PETE YOST, AP


WASHINGTON (June 16) - Some congressional Democrats are insisting that the White House provide more information about what led to the decision to go to war in Iraq, citing a British document known as the ''Downing Street memo'' as evidence intelligence was distorted.

Rep. John Conyers and other Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee conducted a public forum Thursday prompted by documents that have surfaced from inside the British government about prewar planning.

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GetTheRightVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 06:51 PM
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1. AOL clients are the best of all American, keep the story alive please
:kick:
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 06:54 PM
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3. AOL poll on this
Do you think the U.S. should have gone to war in Iraq?
No 88%
Yes 12%
What do you think about the use of intelligence in the run-up to the war?
The White House stretched the truth 59%
A combination of flawed and misused data led to the war 29%
The White House got flawed intelligence 8%
The intelligence was fine, and it was used properly 3%
Total Votes: 6,603
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understandinglife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 06:59 PM
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6. Total 6802 votes as of 1658 PDT and it's not a nice picture for Bush ...
Edited on Thu Jun-16-05 07:24 PM by understandinglife
..... and his neoconster fellow criminals.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4173.htm


WE THE PEOPLE .... WILL NEVER FORGET

"... we sent our young people into harm's way without leveling with the American people." - Congresswoman Pelosi before Congress, 16 June 2005



Peace.


www.missionnotaccomplished.us - Impeachment of Bush and Cheney; indictment and prosecution of all members of the Bush regime who participated in the deception, should be campaign promises of any candidate worthy of our vote in the 2006 Congressional elections.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 11:12 PM
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13. It's up to this now
Do you think the U.S. should have gone to war in Iraq?
No 86%
Yes 14%
What do you think about the use of intelligence in the run-up to the war?
The White House stretched the truth 59%
A combination of flawed and misused data led to the war 29%
The White House got flawed intelligence 9%
The intelligence was fine, and it was used properly 3%
Total Votes: 18,504
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 07:03 PM
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12. This is great!!!
I voted and here's what it says:

Not go to war:
No- 88%
Yes- 12%

White House use of intelligence:
Stretched the truth- 60%
Combination- 29%
Got flawed intelligence- 8%
Fine and properly used- 3%

Total Votes: 6,943 at 8:02pm eastern
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peacetalksforall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 06:54 PM
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4. I read your comment and had to come back to it...can you explain...? nt
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 06:53 PM
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2. Good - some coverage. But we need the MSM to report on it.
And they don't seem to want to.
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Rainscents Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 06:57 PM
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5. Thanks for the link!!! I just voted!!!
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dave502d Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 06:59 PM
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7. Done.
Do you think the U.S. should have gone to war in Iraq?
No 88%
Yes 12%
What do you think about the use of intelligence in the run-up to the war?
The White House stretched the truth 60%
A combination of flawed and misused data led to the war 29%
The White House got flawed intelligence 8%
The intelligence was fine, and it was used properly 3%
Total Votes: 6,90
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suffragette Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 07:00 PM
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8. Thanks for the good news
Also, the Google news page has it on the 1st page with 265 related links and climbing.
http://news.google.com/
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 07:02 PM
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9. That is FANTASTIC! Thank You!!!! n/t
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LightningFlash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 07:02 PM
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10. Begin the full inquiry!!!!
We demand all the answers come out and there's no more bullcrap. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Corporate media can fall to the side...You act like your jobs are so important, than do your jobs...
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azndndude Donating Member (484 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 07:02 PM
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11. voted
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