cptn janks Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 http://intelligence.senate.gov/press/record.cfm?id=298775 Washington, DC -- The Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, and a bipartisan majority of the Committee (10-5), today unveiled the final two sections of its Phase II report on prewar intelligence. The first report details Administration prewar statements that, on numerous occasions, misrepresented the intelligence and the threat from Iraq. The second report details inappropriate, sensitive intelligence activities conducted by the DoD’s Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, without the knowledge of the Intelligence Community or the State Department. “Before taking the country to war, this Administration owed it to the American people to give them a 100 percent accurate picture of the threat we faced. Unfortunately, our Committee has concluded that the Administration made significant claims that were not supported by the intelligence,” Rockefeller said. “In making the case for war, the Administration repeatedly presented intelligence as fact when in reality it was unsubstantiated, contradicted, or even non-existent. As a result, the American people were led to believe that the threat from Iraq was much greater than actually existed.” “It is my belief that the Bush Administration was fixated on Iraq, and used the 9/11 attacks by al Qa’ida as justification for overthrowing Saddam Hussein. To accomplish this, top Administration officials made repeated statements that falsely linked Iraq and al Qa’ida as a single threat and insinuated that Iraq played a role in 9/11. Sadly, the Bush Administration led the nation into war under false pretenses. “There is no question we all relied on flawed intelligence. But, there is a fundamental difference between relying on incorrect intelligence and deliberately painting a picture to the American people that you know is not fully accurate. “These reports represent the final chapter in our oversight of prewar intelligence. They complete the story of mistakes and failures – both by the Intelligence Community and the Administration – in the lead up to the war. Fundamentally, these reports are about transparency and holding our government accountable, and making sure these mistakes never happen again,” Rockefeller added. The Committee’s report cites several conclusions in which the Administration’s public statements were NOT supported by the intelligence. They include: Ø Statements and implications by the President and Secretary of State suggesting that Iraq and al-Qa’ida had a partnership, or that Iraq had provided al-Qa’ida with weapons training, were not substantiated by the intelligence. Ø Statements by the President and the Vice President indicating that Saddam Hussein was prepared to give weapons of mass destruction to terrorist groups for attacks against the United States were contradicted by available intelligence information. Ø Statements by President Bush and Vice President Cheney regarding the postwar situation in Iraq, in terms of the political, security, and economic, did not reflect the concerns and uncertainties expressed in the intelligence products. Ø Statements by the President and Vice President prior to the October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate regarding Iraq’s chemical weapons production capability and activities did not reflect the intelligence community’s uncertainties as to whether such production was ongoing. Ø The Secretary of Defense’s statement that the Iraqi government operated underground WMD facilities that were not vulnerable to conventional airstrikes because they were underground and deeply buried was not substantiated by available intelligence information. Ø The Intelligence Community did not confirm that Muhammad Atta met an Iraqi intelligence officer in Prague in 2001 as the Vice President repeatedly claimed. Additionally, the Committee issued a report on the Intelligence Activities Relating to Iraq conducted by the Policy Counterterrorism Evaluation Group and the Office of Special Plans within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. The report found that the clandestine meetings between Pentagon officials and Iranians in Rome and Paris were inappropriate and mishandled from beginning to end. Deputy National Security Advisor Steve Hadley and Deputy Secretary Paul Wolfowitz failed to keep the Intelligence Community and the State Department appropriately informed about the meetings. The involvement of Manucher Ghobanifer and Michael Ledeen in the meetings was inappropriate. Potentially important information collected during the meetings was withheld from intelligence agencies by Pentagon officials. Finally, senior Defense Department officials cut short internal investigations of the meetings and failed to implement the recommendations of their own counterintelligence experts. Today’s reports are the culmination of efforts that began in March 2003, when, as Vice Chairman, Senator Rockefeller initially requested an investigation into the origin of the fraudulent Niger documents. In June 2003, he was joined by all Democrats on the Committee in pushing for a full investigation into prewar intelligence, which was eventually expanded by the Committee in February 2004 to include the five phase II tasks. The Committee released its first report on July 9, 2004, which focused primarily on the Intelligence Community’s prewar assessments of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction programs and links to terrorism. Those findings helped lay the foundation for some of the intelligence reforms enacted into law in late 2004. In September 2006, the Committee completed and publicly released two sections of Phase II: The Use by the Intelligence Community of Information Provided by the Iraqi National Congress; and Postwar Findings About Iraq’s WMD Programs and Links to Terrorism and How They Compare with Prewar Assessments. In May 2007, the Committee released the third section of Phase II: Prewar Intelligence Assessments About Postwar Iraq. Separately, in early 2007, the Pentagon Inspector General released its own report on the intelligence activities conducted by the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy and also concluded that those activities were inappropriate. ### DISCUSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 614Streets Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 cliffs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff1647545513 Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Lazy..... Wanna put up some cliff notes? :grin2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptn janks Posted June 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 they are bolded. basically. they lied. i mean, we all knew... right? but i guess now its official... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 614Streets Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 they are bolded. basically. they lied. i mean, we all knew... right? but i guess now its official... John , is Johhnys Pizza off parsons and hanford worth a fuck? I know your in my neck of the woods , they sent out coupons, and I called the place today and litterally asked them if there pizza was worth a shit over the phone , oc they said yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff1647545513 Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 John , is Johhnys Pizza off parsons and hanford worth a fuck? I know your in my neck of the woods , they sent out coupons, and I called the place today and litterally asked them if there pizza was worth a shit over the phone , oc they said yes. lol you just shit all over his thread like 4 posts in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mattsn2o281 Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Lol^, and so its officially official, the Bush admin. is a bunch of lying cocksuckers, who knew? So is the pizza any good, i think that's the more important discussion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razorback Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 I personally would like to see Bush & Cheney both impeached. Arrogant fucks think they can get away with anything -- and so far they have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinkinhood Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Well don't forget how many still think that he's god's gift to the US Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrblunt Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Thanks, just forwarded that over to my dbag righties at work that think he is gods gift. We just got done talking about McClellan and they were writing him off saying he's a liar and disgruntled. Looks like this pretty much backs up his claims that they sold us on this war based on intelligence they created or manipulated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAOLE Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 This thread smells of liberals.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sol740 Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 This just in !!! Wait for it ... The sky is blue ... even though it really isn't. (fuck you astro-physicists) Cmon v8kilr, come to terms with it, we were lied to. Liberals, Conservatives, everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRocket1647545505 Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 http://anemicroyalty.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/breaking-news.gif Politicians lie. All of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHaze Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 This thread smells of liberals.... PHEW, and it stinks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattsn2o281 Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 But what about the pizza? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Rex Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Did anyone honestly believe them when they said Iraq had WMD? or that Iraq had links to terroist cells? I know I didnt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sol740 Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Im an independent w liberal leanings, I believed him. I remember saying, he better be right, or were gonna look like fuckwads to the rest of the world. We do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurkvinny Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 A horrible dictator who was personally responsible for killing untold thousands of civilians is now dead. Is that good? Yes. Were we lied to? Yes. I was 100% for the war, and like MANY, I want the fuck out of there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 614Streets Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 But what about the pizza? I will order it tonight and test drive it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptn janks Posted June 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 johnnies is good IMO. they got kind of a sweet crust, so i dunno if you're down with that or not... but i like it. stay away from grandma's pizza though :sick: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 614Streets Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 johnnies is good IMO. they got kind of a sweet crust, so i dunno if you're down with that or not... but i like it. stay away from grandma's pizza though :sick: Yeah I dunno about sweet crust , good heads up (they said it was like planks, planks isnt all that IMO), Like grandma's stay far away from south high pizza. Im pretty sure not only is it the chef boy R dee pizza kit and on sale cheese , but also an 70 year old woman kneeds the dough between her saggy tits FTL. I ordered from them and had to micheal jordan that shit into the back alley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAOLE Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 This just in !!! Wait for it ... The sky is blue ... even though it really isn't. (fuck you astro-physicists) Cmon v8beast, come to terms with it, we were lied to. Liberals, Conservatives, everyone. Since V8beast has not been in this thread I assume you are talking to me. I did not say we were not lied to. But the libs need to move on. Instead of complaining and rehashing the issue come up with a solution. I agree with most on here we need out of there. Leave them to their own demise. I have changed my views greatly in the past year about Iraq. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptn janks Posted June 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Instead of complaining and rehashing the issue come up with a solution. we are trying... http://www.4president.org/image/2008/obama08.gif :D:D:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAOLE Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 we are trying... http://www.4president.org/image/2008/obama08.gif :D:D:D http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1130/980694850_c7f4b2df84.jpg http://alexandre.batlle.googlepages.com/obama6.JPG/obama6-full.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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