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Clearly. Hell, he could just be talking about IQs, and I'd believe him. No, the President isn't the one who used the "F" word, but I wouldn't be very surprised if he had. Makes for a catchy headline though, doesn't it?
Bush knew Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction
Sept. 6, 2007 On Sept. 18, 2002, CIA director George Tenet briefed President Bush in the Oval Office on top-secret intelligence that Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction, according to two former senior CIA officers. Bush dismissed as worthless this information from the Iraqi foreign minister, a member of Saddam's inner circle, although it turned out to be accurate in every detail. Tenet never brought it up again. [snip]
. . . Tenet briefed Bush on Sabri. "Tenet told me he briefed the president personally," said one of the former CIA officers. According to Tenet, Bush's response was to call the information "the same old thing." Bush insisted it was simply what Saddam wanted him to think. "The president had no interest in the intelligence," said the CIA officer. The other officer said, "Bush didn't give a fuck about the intelligence. He had his mind made up."
Read the whole story at: Salon.com
Clearly. Hell, he could just be talking about IQs, and I'd believe him. No, the President isn't the one who used the "F" word, but I wouldn't be very surprised if he had. Makes for a catchy headline though, doesn't it?
Bush knew Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction
Sept. 6, 2007 On Sept. 18, 2002, CIA director George Tenet briefed President Bush in the Oval Office on top-secret intelligence that Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction, according to two former senior CIA officers. Bush dismissed as worthless this information from the Iraqi foreign minister, a member of Saddam's inner circle, although it turned out to be accurate in every detail. Tenet never brought it up again. [snip]
. . . Tenet briefed Bush on Sabri. "Tenet told me he briefed the president personally," said one of the former CIA officers. According to Tenet, Bush's response was to call the information "the same old thing." Bush insisted it was simply what Saddam wanted him to think. "The president had no interest in the intelligence," said the CIA officer. The other officer said, "Bush didn't give a fuck about the intelligence. He had his mind made up."
Read the whole story at: Salon.com
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