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Wolfowitz: U.S. intelligence murky
Paul Wolfowitz, the deputy defense secretary who is the architect of the White House policy on Iraq, said Sunday that "murky" intelligence guides much of the administration’s anti-terrorism policy.
holy smokes, sounds serious...
Wolfowitz made the rounds of the Sunday talk shows defending the Bush administration’s reasons for going to war in Iraq and its postwar plans. "The nature of terrorism intelligence is intrinsically murky," he told NBC’s "Meet the Press."
...oh, but it was taken out of context.
Wolfowitz said he had not read the recently released 900-page House-Senate report on intelligence before the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks ...
Other senators expressed concern Sunday about the 28 pages withheld from the House-Senate report that dealt with a foreign government’s support of the September 11 hijackers.
which foreign government might that be? Lichtenstein?
Greenland? Bhutan?
"I think [the pages] are classified for the wrong reason," he [Sen. Richard Shelby] said on NBC’s "Meet The Press," adding that the pages were being withheld because the information "might be embarrassing to some international relations."
Moldova? Burkina Faso?
Samoa? Lappland?
Current Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, ... also confirmed what has been a open secret in Washington since the report was issued — that Saudi Arabia was linked to the hijackers in the blacked-out portions of the report.
Saudi Arabia? Nooo waaay!
Oh, say it ain't so! Quick, Ethel! My pills!
"Part of that was redacted to protect the Saudis," Roberts said, adding that "there was obvious Saudi involvement." Sen. Bob Graham, D-Florida, told "Fox News Sunday" the information was withheld by the Bush administration "to protect relationships with foreign governments, particularly a foreign government." Graham, who is seeking the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination, refused to identify the country involved, saying it would be a criminal offense to publicly discuss classified information.
Aw c’mon! Say it. I won’t tell. It’s an open secret anyway.
"This foreign government provided logistical assistance to at least two of the hijackers, made acquisitions of their behalf, made payments on their behalf, [and] provided — not through charities but through a source related back to an official of that government — significant financial support for these two terrorists." He also charged the "high officials in this government, who I assume were not just rogue officials acting on their own, " were involved in providing support that helped the hijackers "plan, practice then execute" their attacks.
Did everything but fly the planes.
Posted by: Rafael 2003-07-28
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