White House 'ignored' Iraq warning

[cal04]

The Bush administration was shaken on Friday by revelations from a new book by Bob Woodward, the veteran investigative reporter, which said Andrew Card, the former White House chief of staff, had twice tried to force the resignation of Donald Rumsfeld, defence secretary, over his handling of the Iraq war.

State of Denial by the Washington Post reporter who uncovered the Watergate scandal, paints a picture of an administration riven by personal rivalries, with Mr Rumsfeld at one point refusing to take calls from Condoleezza Rice, then national security adviser. It claims that even Laura Bush, President George W. Bush's wife, had misgivings about the defence secretary.

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In a claim that could fuel conspiracy theories about the recent oil price decline – in an interview to be broadcast on CBS on Sunday – Mr Woodward described a conversation between Prince Bandar bin Sultan and Mr Bush in which the former Saudi ambassador said he could ease oil prices ahead of the elections.

"They could go down very quickly. That's the Saudi pledge. Certainly over the summer, or as we get closer to the election, they could increase production several million barrels a day," Mr Woodward said.

http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?feed=FT&Date=20060929&ID=6066214

[MadMaddie]

1. So the Saudi's supply the terrorist....they control the oil.....

and they control the * cabal..

[bigbrother05]

2. I posted this earlier and only one response

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB147/clarke%20...

January 25, 2001 Richard Clarke Memo:
"We urgently need . . . a Principals level
review on the al Qida network."

Document Central to Clarke-Rice Dispute on Bush Terrorism Policy Pre-9/11

[roseBudd]

3. Card also forced Bush to watch a DVD he burned of Katrina footage