Max Clelland 7/24/03...no evidence of Iraq to 9/11 or al-Qaeda

[maddezmom]

July 24, 2003


The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks releases the declassified portion of an 800-page report on findings stemming from its investigation of the September 11 attacks. According to Sen. Max Cleland, the White House delayed the publishing of the report for fear that it might undermine its case for invading Iraq as it shows that US intelligence agencies have no evidence tying Iraq to the 9-11 attacks or to al-Qaeda.
People and organizations involved: Max Cleland, National Commision on Terrorist Attacks Additional Info
Statements


Max Cleland
“The reason this report was delayed for so long—deliberately opposed at first, then slow-walked after it was created—is that the administration wanted to get the war in Iraq in and over ... before (it) came out. Had this report come out in January like it should have done, we would have known these things before the war in Iraq, which would not have suited the administration.” — July 23, 2003
“The administration sold the connection (between Iraq and al-Qaeda) to scare the pants off the American people and justify the war. There's no connection, and that's been confirmed by some of bin Laden's terrorist followers ... What you've seen here is the manipulation of intelligence for political ends.” — July 23, 2003
Unnamed government official
“The report shows there is no link between Iraq and al-Qaeda.” — Late July 2003


http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=complete_timeline_of_the_2003_invasion_of_iraq&startpos=700#complete_timeline_of_the_2003_invasion_of_iraq_476


Could this be the declassified info Rove was referring to when he talked to Cooper?