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"Saddam Hussein 'is too dangerous of a man to be given carte blanche with weapons of
mass destruction,' he added."
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Senator Harry Reid - 12.17.1998
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Commentary - Did President Bush mislead Harry into making this statement?
No, because he made it in support of President Clinton.
Was the preceding statement accurate because it was in support of a democrat, or did President Clinton mislead Harry and the Harpies as well?
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- 12.03.2005
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The issue is not whether or not the source of the intelligence was telling the truth, but whether George Tenant, Colin Powell, and President George W. Bush believed that the information was true. I believe they did. I know I did. And I do not regret my role in disarming Iraq and removing its Baathist regime.
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General Franks, American Soldier, page 562 - 12.03.2005
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“General from reliable intelligence sources, I believe the Iraqis are hiding chemical and biological weapons.”
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Jordan King Abdullan to General Franks - 01.23.2003
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General Franks, you must be very, very careful. We have spoken with Saddam Hussein. He is a madman. He has WMD – biologicals, actually – and he will use them on your troops.”
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak - 01.27.2003
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Commentary – General Franks says he reported the two preceding statements to Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld.
Did Harry and his Harpies know of these statements?
Do Harry and his Harpies contend that Jordan’s King Abdullah and Egyptian President Mubarak manufactured and manipulated intelligence to mislead the country into war?
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- 12.04.2005
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In the fall of 2002, as Congress debated waging war in Iraq, copies of a 92-page assessment of Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction sat in two vaults on Capitol Hill, each protected by armed security guards and available to any member who showed up in person, without staff.
But only a few ever did. No more than six senators and a handful of House members read beyond the five-page National Intelligence Estimate executive summary, according to several congressional aides responsible for safeguarding the classified material.
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Dana Priest, Washington Post Staff Writer - 04.27.2004
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Commentary - Perhaps Harry and the Harpies could let us know if they took the time to review the NIE?
Did they read it and not understand it or was the issue just not important enough to spend time reviewing the NIE?
How can Harry and the Harpies claim to have been misled when they simply could not be bothered to review the available information?
Now we know, Harry could not be bothered to read the NIE before voting to send the troops to war, but he could plan for a year to shut down the Senate over the contents of the NIE when he thought he would gain a partisan advantage.
See excerpt from his November 15th press conference, below.
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- 12.03.2005
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” QUESTION: “The Washington Post reported that six senators read the NIE in 2002 before the vote to authorize the war. Did both of you read it?”
SEN. REID: “As indicated last week, Senator Levin has worked very hard to make that public. Now everyone has read it. Everyone has read it.”
Question: “But before …”
SEN. REID: “Well, you’re talking about six senators, and the answer is - the answer, if you ask me - I didn’t read it . But I don’t know who did. But, you know, there’s 100 senators, not six, and some members of the Intelligence Committee may have read it. I don’t know.”
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Harry Reid Press Conference - 11.15.2005
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