LeakGate Part 1 of 4
- 17 years ago
16 Words: "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein
recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."
-- From Bush's 2003 State of the Union Address
When NO weapons of mass destruction surfaced in Iraq, President Bush insisted WMD claims were the result of faulty intelligence. A former top CIA official tells CBS the White House only used intelligence it liked, ignoring other information
The War They Wanted, The Lies They Needed...
The Plame affair concerns allegations that government officials revealed classified employment information about Valerie E. Wilson (née Valerie Elise Plame; also known as "Valerie Plame") indicating that she was a covert operative of the United States CIA investigating the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Mrs. Wilson's husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, alleges that members of the George W. Bush administration leaked his wife's covert identity to the press as "political retribution" for his criticizing the administration in his New York Times editorial published on 6 July 2003.
More on LeakGate: http://www.apfn.org/apfn/leakgate.htm
recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."
-- From Bush's 2003 State of the Union Address
When NO weapons of mass destruction surfaced in Iraq, President Bush insisted WMD claims were the result of faulty intelligence. A former top CIA official tells CBS the White House only used intelligence it liked, ignoring other information
The War They Wanted, The Lies They Needed...
The Plame affair concerns allegations that government officials revealed classified employment information about Valerie E. Wilson (née Valerie Elise Plame; also known as "Valerie Plame") indicating that she was a covert operative of the United States CIA investigating the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Mrs. Wilson's husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, alleges that members of the George W. Bush administration leaked his wife's covert identity to the press as "political retribution" for his criticizing the administration in his New York Times editorial published on 6 July 2003.
More on LeakGate: http://www.apfn.org/apfn/leakgate.htm