WP: Iraq Flap Shakes Rice's Image

[kskiska]

By Dana Milbank and Mike Allen
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, July 27, 2003; Page A01

Just weeks ago, Condoleezza Rice, President Bush's national security adviser, made a trip to the Middle East that was widely seen as advancing the peace process. There was speculation that she would be a likely choice for secretary of state, and hopes among Republicans that she could become governor of California and even, someday, president.

But she has since become enmeshed in the controversy over the administration's use of intelligence about Iraq's weapons in the run-up to war. She has been made to appear out of the loop by colleagues' claims that she did not read or recall vital pieces of intelligence. And she has made statements about U.S. intelligence on Iraq that have been contradicted by facts that later emerged.

The remarks by Rice and her associates raise two uncomfortable possibilities for the national security adviser. Either she missed or overlooked numerous warnings from intelligence agencies seeking to put caveats on claims about Iraq's nuclear weapons program, or she made public claims that she knew to be false.

Most prominent is her claim that the White House had not heard about CIA doubts about an allegation that Iraq sought uranium in Africa before the charge landed in Bush's State of the Union address on Jan. 28; in fact, her National Security Council staff received two memos doubting the claim and a phone call from CIA Director George J. Tenet months before the speech. Various other of Rice's public characterizations of intelligence documents and agencies' positions have been similarly cast into doubt.

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[Champion Jack]

1. Time for Condi-liar to go!!!

[indictrichardperle]

2. she is a huge embarassment

basically a puppet for her oil soaked neo-con controllers.

But the most damning qualities, total lack of character, totally mindless.

[study_war_no_more]

21. poster girl for Mary Kay cosmetics

or let her investigate the latest lynching in Fla so she can get up close and personal with her betrayal.
Shake your groove thing for Bush? disgusting.

[Junkdrawer]

3. I always thought she belonged to the "I'm so smart...

I don't have to tell you the truth" school of thought. Pompous, sophomoric bullshit. I'll be glad to see her go.

[wontmoveon]

28. Why so intolerant and vitriotic aganist Dr. Rice?

From the comments on this thread, one would think that Dr. Rice was the only liar in
this administration and that she alone was responsible for Bush's arroange, incompetence,
and lies. I tell you, I am happy that Dr. Rice has to face her cupability but the tone of many of
responses here smacks of something other than pure outrage about the many faults of this administration.

[indictrichardperle]

32. Chevron Condi's

constant screaming of "Mushroom Cloud" in a crowded theater...........may have "turned off" some people.

[pfitz59]

35. Don't call her Doctor!

She has never lived up to her touted expertise. "We never envisioned they'd use planes as weapons?......" Never heard of Kamikazes you window-dressing bogus PhD piece of Republican fluff!

[pinerow]

37. Dr. Rice, deserves all the vitriol and and more...she was

wrong about the Soviet Union (Her area of study), she was incompetent in the lead-up to 9/11 and she lied through her teeth during the SOTU cover-up.

Why should she get a pass?????

[clarkbarr]

4. She can join the other Nazi Liars and run in the Davis Recall!

Put her on the ballot with Carjakcer Issa, Steroid addict Ah Nold, Crooked Mc Clintock, Michael Savage, David Whore-O-Witt-Less, Pat Sajak, Robert Conrad, Former LA Mayor Dickie Rear-End, Angelyne, Kirk (God is telling me to run) Cameron, Michael Reagan, and a bunch of other fucking liars!

[liberalhistorian]

6. Good Lord, don't tell me all of those people are

actually in the running! Especially Kirk Cameron, Michael Reagan, Robert Conrad and PAT SAJAK, for God's sake! And just who the hell is Angelyne???????????????

[Buns_of_Fire]

15. Angelyne's a Hollywood model/actress

She drives around Hollywood in a pink Corvette. I think she once ran for mayor of Hollywood. One of the cable networks recently ran a story about her. Google "Angelyne" and you'll find out more than you ever wanted to know... (She WOULD be an interesting replacement for Condi, though!)

[gratuitous]

5. Well, I don't know about her "most" prominent goof

After all, her stone-brained comment after September 11 that nobody nowhere at no time no how could never, ever, foresee terrorists using hijacked planes as missiles. That remark has its own wing in the Stupid Hall of Fame.

But yes, her ignorance of the finer points of intelligence reports indicates that "details" aren't necessarily her forte. And in an administration where details aren't catalogued by the boss, the advisors have to know them. The best evidence of her screw up is the fact that Powell, making basically the same case as President Stupidhead did just a week or so earlier, omitted the reference.

Why did Dopey use the wrong intelligence, and Uncle Tom omit it? And why didn't the National Security Advisor know the difference?

[Nlighten1]

7. "out of the loop"

Next it will be "don't recall".

[Dhalgren]

8. Well, Gee-whiz,

Now how many is it so far, who have "fallen on their swords"? Does Condiliar make 4 or 5?
How can the Emperor keep letting his creatures admitt to either lying or stupidity and not ask for a resignation? This is so transparently a conspiracy to deflect blame from George II (Christos) that it is laughable! When are commentators going to start saying, outright, that the Prez is responsible and if he isn't, he should resign?

[unfrigginreal]

9. She's a lying cretin and will go down.

The heat will be so great that she'll have to resign, the only real question is will she take anyone down with her. If you look at the way she's been wiggling to keep herself out of this mess, you might think that she'd drag others down too. It's hard to say at this point but my guess is that she'll take the fall on her own and Cheney & Bush and company will be safe.

[WonderTwins]

10. YAY WAPO

We're glad they're continuing to push this. Some folks at the Washington Post are really doing their best to maintain their credibility as journalists by digging and digging at this. Let's hope they keep going.

[MadashellLynn]

11. SHE LIED!!!

It really makes me mad that none of our fine media can say the word 'lie' anymore. Thay go to so mush trouble to not say that short little word...


"She has been made to appear out of the loop"

"she has made statements about U.S. intelligence on Iraq that have been contradicted by facts that later emerged."

"she made public claims that she knew to be false."

"Rice's public characterizations of intelligence documents and agencies' positions have been similarly cast into doubt."

SHE LIED! SHE LIED! SHE LIED!

Now wasn't that easy?

[DemoTex]

12. Too bad. Such potential.

She hitched her wagon to the wrong star, however. So did Colin Powell, for that matter. I think they both drew to an inside straight with Bu$h. Neither was politically astute enough to see the rocks and the reefs from the deck of the fast-moving SS Bu$h in 2000. Well, they are on the rocks now. Again, too bad.

[kainah]

27. I'd add Tony Blair to that list

They all seem to have made the same fatal mistake of believing that others had proper motives. All of them are now reduced to saying they weren't paying attention when it is clear that no one was paying attention because they already knew what the conclusion would be.

[InkAddict]

13. Breathless Malarkey's

not as good at Dick Tracy's cops & robber(barons) but she digs the costume.

[Paschall]

14. Interesting

Anybody notice that Condi was the only administration figure Clinton mentioned (besides Shrub) when he talked about presidential mistakes a few days ago? Do you think Bill knew the pressure was gonna be building on the good, gap-toothed doctor?

[TacticalPeek]

16. how many moves ahead do you figure he is?

i reckon 5 or 6.

turkeyshoot


link http://talkingpointsmemo.com/

[Bake]

17. Nothin' but a skank ho with a Ph.D.

And an oil tanker named after her. Time to go, Condi!!! Adios!!!

Bake

[Ouabache]

18. Wait until the rumors of her pregnancy get around too

That could end up being the reason she leaves rather than admit to lying about the WMD.

[DoYouEverWonder]

23. You mean someone had sex

with that woman?

That's worse than imagining my parents doing it.

[knaveree]

34. Well, that would be odd

since the standard understanding here in Bay Area academia is that she's a lesbian.

[newyawker99]

36. Hi knaveree!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[lightbulb]

41. What happened to the good ship Condi?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/04/05/MN222557.DTL

A Chevron spokeswoman said yesterday that the oil giant has no intention of renaming the Condoleezza Rice and noted that board member Carla Hills also had a Chevron tanker named in her honor before she was appointed former President George Bush's trade secretary -- and the vessel has kept the name.

That was in April of 2001. Apparently Chevron had a change of heart, because not too long afterward they changed the name of Condi's tanker to the "Altair Voyager".

(edited for clarity)

[jamesinca]

19. If you go to the WH web site and look up the SOTU

There is an intersting slide show there. It shows Bush going over the SOTU, making notes, fact checking and rehersing the speech in front of his advisors. The WH web site contridicts the statement that he did not know, that he went off of the intelligence. Rice is falling on her sword for this bunch.

[0007]

20. Condoleezza Rice

Doesn't have the fiber to go against the DU.

Wonder who the administration will trott out this morning on the News talk show? LOL! You can bet your bottom dollar it won't be Condi.

Wish junior would come out!! Maybe he could wear an Army uniform with all his dad's bogus metals.

[catmandu57]

22. Just like lil georgie*

she's either a total incompetent or a total liar, which is it?

[ThorsteinVeblen]

24. Rice is incompetent - a veritable joke

She is the proverbial lightweight when it comes to foreign policy.

Every step this adminstration has made has been wrong.

[short bus president]

26. now that's harsh

I understand she may have at least had some relevant buzzwords to throw around back when there was a Soviet Union. </charitable>

[GCP]

25. About frickin' time

Condi, your time is up, you are the weakest link - goodbye!

[goforit]

29. Arrogance at max.......This article(WP) has been just so nice to her.

She is at the the center of Satan's Universe and she is guilty of
far more crimes and misdemeanors that haven't even been mentioned,
much less hinted to.


:nopity:

[young_at_heart]

30. She lost me with the "mushroom cloud" statement

That was such an unbelievably horrible thing for her to say and she said it with such amazing arrogance!

[bigwoody]

31. There's always the Supreme Court, she's a black repug and you don't

have to get elected to that spot either.:puke:

[ElsewheresDaughter]

33. bigwoody but shouldn't a law degree be a requirement for USSC?

[pinerow]

38. Should be...but it isn't.

nt

[thebeaglehaslanded]

39. Caught, tried, and convicted by her own lies. Irony is beautiful!

She better start practicing the piano, 'cuz she's gonna need a new job. Bye, bye Condi.

[realFedUp]

40. She's good on the treadmill and piano but

not good at telling the truth...