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KingCharlemagne

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13. And never forget the White House Iraq Group whose mission seems to have been

Mon May 18, 2015, 09:21 AM

May 2015

to "catapult the propaganda" relentlessly about Iraqi WMD and ties to Al Q'aida. Does not rise to the constitution's definition of 'treason,' but certainly romps across various Federal statutes on fraud.

The White House Iraq Group (aka, White House Information Group or WHIG) was an arm of the White House whose purpose was to inform the public about the purpose of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The task force was set up in August 2002 by White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card and chaired by Karl Rove to coordinate all of the executive branch elements in the run-up to the war in Iraq. However, it is widely speculated that the intention of the task force was "escalation of rhetoric about the danger that Iraq posed to the U.S., including the introduction of the term 'mushroom cloud'"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Iraq_Group

But we have to look forward, not backward. Oh, brave new world!

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It was not "faulty intelligence" goddamn it! [View all] annabanana May 2015 OP

The term the CIA Inspector General used was "cherry-picked." The Iraq disinfo program even had its leveymg May 2015 #1

And never forget the White House Iraq Group whose mission seems to have been KingCharlemagne May 2015 #13

Preach it, sister! Those warmongers were hell-bent on invading Iraq. nt raccoon May 2015 #2

K&R..... daleanime May 2015 #3

I think you mean made up Omaha Steve May 2015 #4

RNN has this Snoopy 7 May 2015 #5

The Brits termed it "ginned up" . . . brush May 2015 #6

Actually... Caijoe May 2015 #24

Yeah, the term "ginned up" was used by some Brits at the time. nt brush May 2015 #25

Lapdog does bring a nasty image to mind - wasn't Blair called W's Poodle? erronis May 2015 #30

"Sexed Up" JawJaw May 2015 #49

Yep...they're desparately trying hard to re-write history, deutsey May 2015 #7

+1,000 malaise May 2015 #8

Oh, I am quite satisfied the intelligence was faulty. malthaussen May 2015 #9

Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld should be executed... IHateTheGOP May 2015 #10

Invented Augiedog May 2015 #11

There are too few critically thinking Americans, though Demeter May 2015 #12

I remember the many times the Chinney Cortege sped across the Potomac bridges erronis May 2015 #32

+1 a whole bunch! Enthusiast May 2015 #38

good point SCantiGOP May 2015 #14

PNAC cited they wanted it in 1997. nt valerief May 2015 #15

It's worse than that. It's claiming to want for over a year to get the UN Weapons inspection teams stevenleser May 2015 #16

...and finally, after none were found, claiming Saddam kept inspectors out. JHB May 2015 #50

You are, of course, correct rock May 2015 #17

It was a payday WilliamPitt May 2015 #18

Don't forget the aluminum tubes.... yellowcanine May 2015 #19

David Albright warned that these tubes were not for nuclear enrichment. KansDem May 2015 #21

+1 a whole bunch! Enthusiast May 2015 #37

well that is the signature characteristic of pretty much all republican ideas.... unblock May 2015 #20

So many of these politicians say. "Everyone who saw the intelligence agreed that we had to invade world wide wally May 2015 #22

The term is "Cherry Picked".... Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #23

MANUFACTURED intel. The Iraq intel books were COOKED according to dozens blm May 2015 #26

Indeed.. they assembled intel to justify what they had already decided to do. DCBob May 2015 #27

They couldn't even find this yellow cake Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2015 #28

They lied to the American people. kentuck May 2015 #29

The Office of Special Plans hootinholler May 2015 #31

Republicans never want to admit that they made even one little small "mistake"... kentuck May 2015 #33

Republicans are like one of George Castanza's girlfriends... sorechasm May 2015 #48

Neocons/PNAC-planned in 1997. Neocons plotted 9/11 with Saudi friends. Neocons invaded Iraq. nt ChisolmTrailDem May 2015 #34

+1 You nailed it. Enthusiast May 2015 #36

Didn't Jeb sign that too??? thecrow May 2015 #55

Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! The faulty intelligence narrative has got to go! Enthusiast May 2015 #35

They would have attacked every country in the Middle East if they could Quixote1818 May 2015 #39

And in general fucking fixed. lonestarnot May 2015 #40

Facts fixed! ...because they were broken. L0oniX May 2015 #41

Seymour Hersh laid it all out in The Stovepipe and in Selective Intelligence Roland99 May 2015 #42

The only "faulty intelligence" was the intelligence of the American people. RVN VET May 2015 #43

For an entire year all we heard about was Iraq, Iraq... Bush had an agenda from the start. n/t secondwind May 2015 #44

He started bombing Iraq in early February, 2001 Art_from_Ark May 2015 #45

Don't mention the war Warren DeMontague May 2015 #46

It was known to be a lie at the time. Like the 16 words in the SOTU. Warren DeMontague May 2015 #47

Not that widely known... Fumesucker May 2015 #52

the decision to go to war was in March 2003 NOT October 2002 karynnj May 2015 #51

karynnj Diclotican May 2015 #58

they left before the bombing announced by Clinton karynnj May 2015 #59

karynnj Diclotican May 2015 #60

We never heard about yellow cake since that time. liberal N proud May 2015 #53

They lied us into war. peacebird May 2015 #54

It was made-up fiction. No "intelligence" was considered when forming the decision DFW May 2015 #56

annabanana Diclotican May 2015 #57

K&R woo me with science May 2015 #61