Distribute widely: Official report on 237 lies told by Bush administration

[garybeck]

the raw data speaks for itself. there is no doubt they lied. this document from Waxman a great reference...
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IRAQ ON THE RECORD

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION’S PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON IRAQ

PREPARED FOR REP. HENRY A. WAXMAN

Methodology:

The Special Investigations Division compiled a database of statements about Iraq
made by President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Secretary Rumsfeld, Secretary
Powell, and National Security Advisor Rice. All of the statements in the database
were drawn from speeches, press conferences and briefings, interviews, written
statements, and testimony by the five officials.


Findings:

Number of Misleading Statements. The Iraq on the Record database contains
237 misleading statements about the threat posed by Iraq that were made by
President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Secretary Rumsfeld, Secretary Powell,
and National Security Advisor Rice. These statements were made in 125 separate
appearances, consisting of 40 speeches, 26 press conferences and briefings, 53
interviews, 4 written statements, and 2 congressional testimonies. Most of the
statements in the database were misleading because they expressed certainty
where none existed or failed to acknowledge the doubts of intelligence officials.
Ten of the statements were simply false.

Statements by President Bush
Between September 12, 2002, and July 17, 2003,
President Bush made 55 misleading statements about the threat posed by
Iraq in 27 separate public appearances. On October 7, 2002, three days before the congressional votes on the Iraqi war resolution, President Bush gave a speech in
Cincinnati, Ohio, with 11 misleading statements, the most by any of the five
officials in a single appearance.
Some of the misleading statements by President Bush include his statement in the
January 28, 2003, State of the Union address that “the British government has
learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium
from Africa”; his statement on October 2, 2002, that “the Iraqi regime is a threat
of unique urgency”; and his statement on May 1, 2003, that “the liberation of Iraq
. . . removed an ally of al Qaeda.”

Statements by Vice President Cheney.
Between March 17, 2002, and January 22, 2004
Vice President Cheney made 51 misleading statements about the threat
posed by Iraq in 25 separate public appearances.
Some of the misleading statements by Vice President Cheney include his
statement on September 8, 2002, that “we do know, with absolute certainty, that
he is using his procurement system to acquire the equipment he needs . . . to build
a nuclear weapon”; his statement on March 16, 2003, that “we believe he has, in
fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons”; and his statement on October


LOTS more in the document. This is an amazing reference.

Link to document (PDF):
http://www.house.gov/reform/min/pdfs_108_2/pdfs_inves/pdf_admin_iraq_on_the_record_rep.pdf

[rodeodance]

1. a few by chenny and rummy Powell and Rice below:

Statements by Vice President Cheney. Between March 17, 2002, and January
22, 2004, Vice President Cheney made 51 misleading statements about the threat
posed by Iraq in 25 separate public appearances.
Some of the misleading statements by Vice President Cheney include his
statement on September 8, 2002, that “we do know, with absolute certainty, that
he is using his procurement system to acquire the equipment he needs . . . to build a nuclear weapon”; his statement on March 16, 2003, that “we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons”; and his statement on October 10, 2003, that Saddam Hussein “had an established relationship with al Qaeda.”


Statements by Secretary Rumsfeld. Between May 22, 2002, and November 2, 2003, Secretary Rumsfeld made 52 misleading statements about the threat posed by Iraq in 23 separate public appearances. Some of the misleading statements by Secretary Rumsfeld include his statement
on November 14, 2002, that within “a week, or a month” Saddam Hussein could
give his weapons of mass destruction to al Qaeda, which could use them to attack
the United States and kill “30,000, or 100,000 . . . human beings”; his statement
on January 29, 2003, that Saddam Hussein’s regime “recently was discovered seeking significant quantities of uranium from Africa”; and his statement on July13, 2003, that there “was never any debate” about whether Iraq had a nuclear program.


Statements by Secretary Powell. Between April 3, 2002, and October 3, 2003,Secretary Powell made 50 misleading statements about the threat posed by Iraq in 34 separate public appearances. Secretary Powell sometimes used caveats and qualifying language in his public statements. His statements that contained such cautions or limitations were not included in the database. Nonetheless, many of Secretary Powell’s statements did not include these qualifiers and were misleading in their expression of certainty,such as his statement on May 22, 2003, that “there is no doubt in our minds now that those vans were designed for only one purpose, and that was to make biological weapons.”

Statements by National Security Advisor Rice. Between September 8, 2002,
and September 28, 2003, National Security Advisor Rice made 29 misleading
statements about the threat posed by Iraq in 16 separate public appearances.
Although Ms. Rice had the fewest public appearances and the fewest misleading
statements, she had the highest number of statements — 8 — that were false.
These false statements included several categorical assertions that that no one in
the White House knew of the intelligence community’s doubts about the
President’s assertion that Iraq sought to import uranium from Africa.

[The Doctor.]

2. Land Shark had a very compelling post up yesterday

about election fraud.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x401402

It was essentially an explanation of why it is so difficult to convince anyone of fraud with any one piece of evidence, and why those who cannot comprehend the totality of the evidence have trouble acknowledging any malfeasance.

The same could be said of this information.

Any one single misleading or fraudulent statement can be argued, whether effectively or not is irrelevant, to lend doubt to the assertion.

Taken as a whole, the overwhelming evidence is very compelling.

Thank you for posting this. I will endeavor to share with as many people as I can in the hope that it will enlighten them.

[donkeyotay]

4. Yes, it's the pattern that's compelling, whether election fraud or war

NO one could have worked as long and hard as they did to sell this war on accident or because some Democrats agreed, or they suddenly admired Clinton and were emulating his WOT.

Patterns are used in court.

[garybeck]

3. kicking b/c getting lots of votes, but no replies to stay kicked

[texpatriot2004]

5. K & R nm

[Nothing Without Hope]

6. Would be nice if they gave an email for submitting additional candidates

for this list - but this is a fine resource!

[garybeck]

7. kick for the night crew.

[EFerrari]

8. Thank you. This is great. Staggering but great.

:kick:

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

9. Remember When The Dems in the House Had A Full Hour To Read The Names Of

The Fallen In Iraq? Can they or the Senate Dems take an hour to just read this entire report into the record on C-Span?

How Cool would that be?