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64. Thank you, SunSeeker! Big shock trump's Lying Again.. & did the M$M call him on it?

Mon Dec 12, 2016, 02:59 AM

Dec 2016

No.

Yes, the Bush administration's assessment was wrong, not the CIA's. The CIA's intelligence did not confirm WMDs.

The CIA never said there were WMDs in Iraq.

The thing is, the Iraq War was not the result of an intelligence goof — rather, the country’s top office systematically misled the public about Iraq’s nonexistent WMD program, as well as Saddam Hussein’s link to Al Qaeda.

On Tuesday night, former CIA Deputy Director and Bush’s intelligence briefer Michael Morell appeared on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” where he, under an amount of good cable news duress, admitted that the administration intentionally misrepresented intelligence.

http://www.salon.com/2015/05/20/george_w_bushs_cia_briefer_admits_iraq_wmd_intelligence

turnip head needs to call out bush2 on this.

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High-drama clusterfuck already cilla4progress Dec 2016 #1

Stocking my liquor cabinet weekly. sarcasmo Dec 2016 #3

LOL! Me too. Cheers. Missn-Hitch Dec 2016 #38

I may need to buy another fridge. Mr. Evil Dec 2016 #43

Indeed. I have two - one mini in the garage, but scotch is kept at room temp. Missn-Hitch Dec 2016 #45

Speaking of which DK504 Dec 2016 #84

One fridge for beer only. sarcasmo Dec 2016 #112

Better learn to make your own hooch--Hair Furor is allegedly a teetotaler. MADem Dec 2016 #57

snort, I don't think so wordpix Dec 2016 #77

Shit, you're right, dude's a teetotaler just like his hero IronLionZion Dec 2016 #106

Hitler was high on meth for years. lagomorph777 Dec 2016 #111

Damn Joke Freeman0311 Dec 2016 #39

Do not clump THE CIA with the FBI. The CIA did nothing wrong. AgadorSparticus Dec 2016 #55

Joke Freeman0311 Dec 2016 #63

thank you!!! tomp Dec 2016 #66

Right now, they are trying to preserve the Republic. You may not trust them AgadorSparticus Dec 2016 #89

Joke Freeman0311 Dec 2016 #92

Your "joke" in the subject line is like trump saying "wrong" at the debate AgadorSparticus Dec 2016 #95

Joke Freeman0311 Dec 2016 #104

The CIA never claimed WMD's. Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2016 #105

Response Freeman0311 Dec 2016 #109

How about the approach of ShakeWell Dec 2016 #114

Response Freeman0311 Dec 2016 #115

write to EC: http://www.asktheelectors.org wordpix Dec 2016 #75

It is epic. Unchartered. Bizarro world. Beyond the threat to our sovereignty, I cannot imagine zonkers Dec 2016 #117

... Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #2

I have been trying to meditate daily... pbmus Dec 2016 #4

As have I. bettyellen Dec 2016 #10

Yes, I am relearning to spend more time in that calm center. NBachers Dec 2016 #29

I need to start, and sadly, I'll have to tune out the daily ecstatic Dec 2016 #49

Hahaha GatorDem82 Dec 2016 #83

Welcome to DU pbmus Dec 2016 #108

Se response #3 above (wink, n/t) PJMcK Dec 2016 #88

Praying for a miracle. WomanWhoRoars Dec 2016 #5

Praying for a wiretap Jean-Jacques Roussea Dec 2016 #6

Yeah, me too. n/t LisaM Dec 2016 #26

The Hamilton Electors! kennetha Dec 2016 #7

they could start by releasing his taxes.nt. drray23 Dec 2016 #27

try this instead..... pangaia Dec 2016 #34

I saw a shooting star the other night and hoped the same thing... mnhtnbb Dec 2016 #67

They are pushing back against Putin. Trump is a puppet. McCamy Taylor Dec 2016 #8

It should come out in order to save us from being blackmailed - but I do think Trumps real motive is bettyellen Dec 2016 #13

I'm thinking he has in mind to expand the military to provide security for his foreign "investments" classof56 Dec 2016 #22

There is unlimited opportunity internationally- oil drilling in the arctic and shipping down the bettyellen Dec 2016 #24

"Getting to where words can't really express my fears." CrispyQ Dec 2016 #28

We can write letters, make calls, petitions, do all of that, but someone with major authority has RKP5637 Dec 2016 #52

totally agree wordpix Dec 2016 #85

profit and narcissism pangaia Dec 2016 #35

profit motive wins the Bingo wordpix Dec 2016 #79

Trump wouldn't care about a sex tape Liberty Belle Dec 2016 #14

I agree--didn't see your post before adding my similar one. spooky3 Dec 2016 #42

agree 100%, except mopinko Dec 2016 #20

You can't blackmail a narcissist Nevernose Dec 2016 #32

Why do some people think that having evidence of a sexual indiscretion would be powerful? spooky3 Dec 2016 #41

what's crazy here is treestar Dec 2016 #78

There were credible allegations before the election that Trump raped a KingCharlemagne Dec 2016 #99

Yeap, this isn't going away quietly in the night and the CIA isn't a group of folk to be fucked with uponit7771 Dec 2016 #9

Never thought I'd side with Langley in my life...but... roamer65 Dec 2016 #19

I never expected the country would be destroyed by the government. TNNurse Dec 2016 #11

The government's just the hammer Plucketeer Dec 2016 #16

+1 Duppers Dec 2016 #60

K&R... spanone Dec 2016 #12

This useless fuck is gonna gut everything Plucketeer Dec 2016 #15

He and his ignorant crowd lapfog_1 Dec 2016 #48

1%'rs only need the Pentagon for protecting their empires harun Dec 2016 #101

the president elect is taking sides with Russia over our own intelligence community Takket Dec 2016 #17

You're absolutely correct, this is TREASON onetexan Dec 2016 #50

USSA under Trump is next wordpix Dec 2016 #82

My 90 year old aunt in El Paso mountain grammy Dec 2016 #18

I'm so damn pissed mountain grammy. I'm 68 and distraught, but montana_hazeleyes Dec 2016 #61

Hugs to you too, Montana, mountain grammy Dec 2016 #71

In a way I'm grateful that I'm old. Ligyron Dec 2016 #90

I must say that at least once a day. mountain grammy Dec 2016 #91

The US intell community was right about WMD OldRedneck Dec 2016 #21

AND those jerks put Porter Gross in charge, ReverendHeretic Dec 2016 #25

For god's sake remember Scott Ridder trying to get the YOHABLO Dec 2016 #31

That's mostly how I remember it mercuryblues Dec 2016 #40

Yeap, Pelosi tweeted recently it was Tenet that said it was a slam dunk uponit7771 Dec 2016 #59

Tenet adamantly denies he said that mercuryblues Dec 2016 #69

Even more clarity for that time, Cheney is a fuckin liar but neither claim it wasn't said at all uponit7771 Dec 2016 #70

Cherry picked it and then stove-piped it, bypassing the KingCharlemagne Dec 2016 #102

Yes they did mercuryblues Dec 2016 #110

Thanks for this, OldRedneck NastyRiffraff Dec 2016 #74

Don't forget Douglas Feith, whom General Tommy Franks, himself no KingCharlemagne Dec 2016 #100

Dear God in heaven, Trump is such a fool. blue neen Dec 2016 #23

This could be the Dumpster's undoing. A lot of Republican's respect the CIA's role more than Nitram Dec 2016 #30

agree wordpix Dec 2016 #86

Certainly Jack Kennedy learned the hard way ... FraDon Dec 2016 #96

K & R FailureToCommunicate Dec 2016 #33

This has me thinking.. flamingdem Dec 2016 #36

Pelosi said this was wrong: "While the assessments during the George W. Bush administration of Iraqi spooky3 Dec 2016 #37

"While the assessments during the George W. Bush administration of Iraqi weapons proved wrong..." SunSeeker Dec 2016 #44

Thank you, SunSeeker! Big shock trump's Lying Again.. & did the M$M call him on it? Cha Dec 2016 #64

Like! Bout time one of our institutions grew some CAJONES against Don the Con. n/t iluvtennis Dec 2016 #46

yes it is wordpix Dec 2016 #81

Not just a rebuttal, a PUBLIC rebuttal bucolic_frolic Dec 2016 #47

A criminal doesn't want his crimes investigated. alfredo Dec 2016 #51

Trumper logic: He isn't a politician and at least he speaks his mind. Feeling the Bern Dec 2016 #53

Good Lord, this moron thinks he can take on the CIA. And come out alive? Tatiana Dec 2016 #54

Exactly what my hubs said. Duppers Dec 2016 #62

He thinks he is smarter than they are treestar Dec 2016 #80

When Stalin was told by the KGB DonCoquixote Dec 2016 #56

Someone in the IRS needs to grow a Deep Throat. WheelWalker Dec 2016 #58

Yeah, Please proceed turnip head.. take on the CIA.. Cha Dec 2016 #65

K&R secondwind Dec 2016 #68

Not particularly fond of spooks... malthaussen Dec 2016 #72

Was the CIA in line with W? stevepal Dec 2016 #73

recall Pres Cheney cherry picked the info he wanted from CIA wordpix Dec 2016 #87

There was the Office of Special Plans NewJeffCT Dec 2016 #94

Remember, too, Cheney would visit the CIA, & harass them when dmr Dec 2016 #103

things are crazy treestar Dec 2016 #76

Got any of those Castro tricks left? Big_K Dec 2016 #93

The CIA and the FBI have NEVER gotten along. YoungDemCA Dec 2016 #97

CIA vs. Trump - A plague on both your houses. - nt KingCharlemagne Dec 2016 #98

That's the thing right? Who among us can say the CIA *doesn't* need to be reined in a tad? AtheistCrusader Dec 2016 #107

There was hacking into the DNC during the primaries, with the assistance Thinkingabout Dec 2016 #113

let's hope AlexSFCA Dec 2016 #116