Iraq Lies Still Under Investigation: Went From Chalabi To Feith To Cheney

bigtree

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Sat Sep-09-06 08:34 AM
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Iraq Lies Still Under Investigation: Went From Chalabi To Feith To Cheney

Republican Chairman Roberts is stalling on releasing the portion of the Senate Intelligence Committee report that deals with how Cheney used Chalabi's lies that he got from Douglas Feith's office of 'special plans'.

from Wa Po:

"Although the Senate report raises questions about the reliability of the information provided by Iraqi exiles, it notes that the information had little direct impact on the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq produced in October 2002. Many of the Iraqi National Congress claims, however, were passed on to the White House and the office of Vice President Cheney through reports by a separate intelligence analysis group established by then-Undersecretary of Defense Douglas J. Feith.

The Senate committee's inquiry into the Feith group's activities, another part of the prewar intelligence study, has been delayed by committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), who is awaiting the completion of a Pentagon inspector general inquiry into the same matter.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/08/AR2006090801719_pf.html

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leftchick

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Sat Sep-09-06 08:38 AM
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1. OSP! OSP! OSP!

The vast majority of americans have NEVER heard of the office of special plans aka: THE LIE FACTORY!! It is way past time they did!

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C_U_L8R

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Sat Sep-09-06 08:41 AM
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2. Office of Special Plans

sounds like the Ministry of Silly Walks

(though dumber and not the least bit funny)

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bigtree

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Sat Sep-09-06 08:42 AM
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3. OSP

Feith was one of about five members of the Bush administration who formed a separate �special plans office' in October 2001, whose purpose was to collect information from the CIA and the intelligence community to develop their own strategy for the war on terrorism. The group highlighted "interrelationships among terrorist organizations and state sponsors." They claimed "strategic alliances between Al-Qaeda and Iraq, despite the argument that such an alliance would have to withstand deep ideological and religious differences

Some of Chalabi's influential friends in the White House include, twenty-year friend Richard Perle and Douglas Feith. Feith was Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and Director of Iraq reconstruction. He was also one of Chalabi's main shills in the Pentagon.

Feith used Chalabi's web of misinformation about Iraqi WMD's to develop a rationale for war against Saddam; including the �intelligence' that Saddam was conspiring with bin Laden. He is known for a 1996 paper he co-authored and presented to President Clinton advocating the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. The letter was also signed by Richard Perle, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, and others.

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seemslikeadream

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Sat Sep-09-06 09:19 AM
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5. FEITH!!!

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hootinholler

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Sat Sep-09-06 11:16 AM
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11. While he's doing all that he's also

Feeding secret stuff to Israel via AIPAC.

-Hoot

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rodeodance

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Sat Sep-09-06 09:08 AM
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4. He is waiting for Cheney to tell him what to do.

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bigtree

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Sat Sep-09-06 09:37 AM
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6. wonder if Cheney will get questioned on this tomorrow on MTP?

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babylonsister

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Sat Sep-09-06 10:25 AM
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7. Ha! Surely you jest! That would be refreshing, but I don't see

Timmy asking too many hardball questions.

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bigtree

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Sat Sep-09-06 10:36 AM
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8. I'll wager that the press wants blood now

but, you're right about timmy. He sometimes asks the right ones, then backs right off. We'll see . . .

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babylonsister

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Sat Sep-09-06 10:47 AM
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9. I will have to find out all about it secondhand; Cheney gives me

the serious willies! :scared:

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hootinholler

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Sat Sep-09-06 11:14 AM
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10. We've know for some time that Iraq was a

Feith based initiative.

GDRFC

:evilgrin:

-Hoot

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ArmchairMeme

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Sat Sep-09-06 11:19 AM
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12. Pay for Lies

I think I read somewhere that the U.S. paid Chalabi $300K per month. That's our taxpayer money spent on lies. I don't recal how many months or years this went on.

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leftchick

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Sat Sep-09-06 12:05 PM
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13. kick

OSP OSP OSP!!!!!

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