NYT's - Cheney Cherry Picked the Intel

[DoYouEverWonder]

Looks like this week is already off to a good start and should be even more exciting then last week.

This is a must read article. Here's just a taste.

Iraq Findings Leaked by Cheney's Aide Were Disputed

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Mr. Fitzgerald, in his filing, said that Mr. Libby had been authorized to tell Judith Miller, then a reporter for The New York Times, on July 8, 2003, that a key finding of the 2002 intelligence estimate on Iraq was that Baghdad had been vigorously seeking to acquire uranium from Africa.

But a week earlier, in an interview in his State Department office, Mr. Powell told three other reporters for The Times that intelligence agencies had essentially rejected that contention, and were "no longer carrying it as a credible item" by early 2003, when he was preparing to make the case against Iraq at the United Nations.

Mr. Powell's queasiness with some of the intelligence has been well known, but the new revelations suggest that long after he had concluded the intelligence was faulty, Mr. Bush, Mr. Cheney and Mr. Libby were still promoting it.

Much remains unknown about that period. In his filing, Mr. Fitzgerald recounted a prosecutor's summary of Mr. Libby's testimony to the grand jury. Mr. Libby was, in turn, describing conversations with Mr. Cheney that included the vice president's description of discussions he had had with Mr. Bush. The White House is not commenting on the issue, saying it is still pending in court, but it has not disputed any of the assertions in the court filing. Mr. Libby has also not disputed the assertions.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/09/washington/09leak.html?hp&ex=1144641600&en=bc85efcb03b580b2&ei=5094&partner=homepage

[serryjw]

1. Remember Colin Powell's objection?

quote.......
According to the report, the draft contained such questionable material that Powell lost his temper, throwing several pages in the air and declaring, "I'm not reading this. This is bullshit."

It is a shame he caved in to pressure. He WAS a great man.

[Gabi Hayes]

2. when? when he helped cover up My Lai, or when he helped

Cap Weinberger obstruct justice during Iran Contra, or later, when he helped slaughter untold thousands of Iraqis?

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. Colin Powell brought the memo on AF1 to Africa

He in this one up to his ears too. He is as bad as the rest of them.

[Gabi Hayes]

4. no argument from here...he's like McCain: a product of carefully

cultivated media manipulation

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