My letter to the editor

[JAbuchan08]

The Denver Post recently published an editorial suggesting that Bush was misled by the CIA in regards to Iraq intelligence. This was my reply:

All things being equal I might give greater credence to "Bush Likely Misled," however; all things are not equal. In President Bush's last State of the Union speech he asserted that Iraq attempted to buy yellow-cake uranium from Niger, a "fact" that he was warned not to include. The "office for special plans," as I believe it was called, also provided "intelligence" used by the administration to justify the invasion of Iraq. This intelligence was not backed up by the CIA, but rather seemed to be born out of the fantasies and speculations of the administration's most prominent hawks. I am further unconvinced of the Denver Post's theory, because this administration outed a CIA agent who contradicted their "facts." Obviously Bush was misled; he was credulous enough to believe his staff - even when they were contradicted by the CIA.

[onecitizen]

1. Hey...........

that was a great letter. I especially like the part about the yellow-cake and they were told by the CIA they had no proof of that and NOT to include it in SOTU. Good point! Think I'll use it.