Scott Ritter
Scott Ritter accuses CIA Director George Tenet of deception:
Sat Feb 7 19:08:42 2004
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Scott Ritter accuses CIA Director George Tenet of deception:
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http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5626.htm

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http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/brkfast/stories/m830475.ram

CIA Director George Tenet has spoken out publicly for the first time to defend the gathering of US Intelligence to justify the war on Iraq. He says he never claimed Iraq was an imminent threat.

But a former UN weapons inspector has hit out, accusing Mr Tenet of 'deception'. Scott Ritter says the CIA boss made allegations, but then failed to back them up with substantive facts.

We speak to Scott Ritter, who served in the Office of Special Commission at the United Nations, where he coordinated international efforts to implement United Nations Security Council resolutions mandating the elimination of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.

He resigned from his UN position in 1998, after criticising American policy on Iraq.

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Well, the fix, as they say, is in:

The commission doesn't appear to have any subpoena power, only the right to "full and complete access to information relevant to its mission as described in section 2 of this order."
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/

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Kay queries White House war talk:

The White House may have ignored some aspects of intelligence on Iraq in the run-up to war, former chief US weapons inspector David Kay has suggested.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3464807.stm

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Bush, Aides Ignored CIA Caveats on Iraq :

Clear-Cut Assertions Were Made Before Arms Assessment Was Completed:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20194-2004Feb6.html

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Bush's moral authority implodes in wake of exaggerated Iraqi threats:

George W. Bush's policy of "pre-emptive" attacks on countries that may threaten the United States is dead.
http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/columnists/story.html?id=730f621b-9f8c-4482-81ce-2efbc16e6806

http://tinyurl.com/3c5ez

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8 Questions for George W. Bush:

Unlike many of Bush's WMD assertions, these questions are based on real evidence.
http://www.thenation.com/capitalgames/index.mhtml?bid=3&pid=1238

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Cut through the Bush budget flimflam:

Perhaps the Bush administration is more clever than we know. Maybe it figures that if it sends up an outlandishly deceptive budget, Americans will be distracted enough to stop asking questions about what happened to those weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/editorial/2389787

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Poll: Bush Slip Began After Weapons News :

President Bush's January decline in public opinion started soon after a top adviser on the search for weapons of mass destruction said he did not believe Iraq had large stockpiles of chemical or biological weapons, a tracking poll suggests.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-3720466,00.html

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Doubts over 'Confession' by Pakistani Nuclear Expert:

If Musharraf's government were to be connected to Khan's nuclear deals, the U.S. might be forced under existing nonproliferation law to impose sanctions on Pakistan at a moment when it most needs the South Asian nation's help.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=655&ncid=655&e=1&u=/oneworld/20040206/wl_oneworld/4536784971076076105

http://tinyurl.com/2p3f7

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Hon. Ron Paul Of Texas:

Congress Abandoned its Duty to Debate and Declare War: It is truly disturbing to see many who abdicated their congressional responsibility to declare or reject war, who timidly voted to give the president the power he wanted, now posturing as his harshest critics.
http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2004/cr020404.htm

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This is a must see video

Tariq Ali speaks on the subjects of War, Empire, and Resistance:

Using models such as the Roman and British Empires to illustrate his argument Tariq Ali paints a vivid picture of the American Empire, as he sees it, and the NeoCon engine driving it forward. A riveting lecture punctuated with bursts of humour, this is a must see video
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5627.htm

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http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/support.htm

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Documents for O'Neill Book Were Classified :

Documents given to former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill for an insider book on his two years in President Bush's Cabinet contained classified information, successor John Snow told Congress in a letter on Friday.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-3718405,00.html

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Treasury Gave Secret Papers to Ex-Secretary:

The department says it failed to properly screen documents that were used in a tell-all book.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-oneill7feb07,1,156674.story?coll=la-headlines-nation

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An Experiment in Transparency:

These documents are drawn from a collection of 19,000 files of Paul H. O'Neill, the U.S. Treasury Secretary for the first two years of the Presidency of George W. Bush. The posting of these files is meant to encourage more productive, fact-based public dialogues.
http://thepriceofloyalty.ronsuskind.com/thebushfiles/

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Making Money on Terrorism:

In the long run, the biggest beneficiaries of the Administration's "war on terror" may be the "destroyers," not the rebuilders. The nation's "Big Three" weapons makers--Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Northrop Grumman--are cashing in on the Bush policies of regime change abroad and surveillance at home.
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20040223&s=hartung

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The secret society that ties Bush and Kerry:

Both Sen Kerry, now the Democrat front runner, and President Bush belong to the 172-year-old society, which aims to get its members into positions of power. This presidential election seems destined to become the first in history to pit one Skull and Bones member against another.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/02/01/wyale01.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/02/01/ixnewstop.html

http://tinyurl.com/27w8j

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51 per cent say Blair should go:

Tony Blair's loss of public trust after the war on Iraq and the Hutton report is underlined today by a poll for The Independent showing more than half of voters want him to resign.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=488780

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Blair knew better than to go to war on the word of a spy :

Intelligence, like media reports, must always be taken with a pinch of salt
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1143001,00.html

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John Pilger: BBC Machinations:

The Blair gang became hysterical when Andrew Gilligan told the truth about their "liberation" of Iraq and a deception intended to cover their violence - a violence that took up to 55,000 lives, including 9,600 civilians: a violence that kills or injures 1,000 Iraqi children every month as a result of unexploded cluster bombs that the British military scattered in urban areas:
http://www.zmag.org/content/print_article.cfm?itemID=4942§ionID=21

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Ex-envoy won't back off of Bush:

Wilson says his wife was smeared because of his Iraq stance
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/159769_wilson07.html

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U.S. checking possibility of pumping oil from northern Iraq to Haifa, via Jordan :

The Prime Minister's Office, views the pipeline to Haifa as a "bonus" the U.S. could give to Israel in return for its unequivocal support for the American-led campaign in Iraq.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=332835&contrassID=2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y

http://tinyurl.com/l31v

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Mr. Sharon's Plan :

Mr. Sharon's Gaza withdrawal is merely the tip of a far broader and still mostly secret plan for unilateral action he is preparing, one that could fundamentally change the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the coming months -- and not necessarily for the better.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20470-2004Feb6.html

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Bomb Wounds Two Soldiers In Baghdad :

Roadside bombs are a major threat to U.S. troops across the country. A review of Pentagon casualty reports shows that of 39 deaths in January that the Army attributed to hostile action, 23 involved attacks with homemade bombs, which the military calls "improvised explosive devices."
http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,FL_bomb_020704,00.html

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Insurgents attack Iraqi soldiers:

Insurgents fired a rocket propelled grenade today at a bus carrying Iraqi soldiers west of Baghdad, wounding five of them and a civilian bystander, officials said.
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1076155213733&call_pageid=968332188774&col=968705899037

http://tinyurl.com/27gbg

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Puerto Rican Soldiers Depart For Iraq :

At least 12 soldiers from Puerto Rico or of Puerto Rican descent have been killed in Iraq. The island's 4 million residents cannot vote for president and have no vote in U.S. Congress. They were made American citizens in 1917.
http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,FL_depart_020704,00.html

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Army chiefs snub soldier who lost leg :

A WEST Lothian soldier whose leg was amputated due to the lack of vital surgical equipment in Iraq has been refused compensation by Army chiefs.
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=147672004

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Military Sexual Assault Probe Ordered :

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has ordered an investigation into the treatment of servicewomen in the Gulf war zone who report sexual assaults by their male comrades-in-arms, the Pentagon said Friday.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-3719827,00.html

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AP Finds Bush Proposed Cuts to Research :

President Bush asked Congress to eliminate an $8.2 million research program on how to decontaminate buildings attacked by toxins - the same day a poison-laced letter shuttered Senate offices.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-3715618,00.html

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US Cuts Aid to Ecuador Over International Criminal Court:

The United States is withholding millions of dollars in military aid to Ecuador because of Ecuador's reluctance to sign an agreement with the US that would grant US military immunity from the International Criminal Court.
http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=8263

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Videotapes show CIA & Venezuelan terrorists planing another coup d'etat:

The video was sent to the US Congress by the Venezuelan National Assembly (AN) deputies Nicolas Maduro and Juan Barreto to prove what they alleged to be "a flagrant interference by the CIA in the Venezuelan domestic affairs,"
http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=14825

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Feds Win Right to War Protesters' Records :

In what may be the first subpoena of its kind in decades, a federal judge has ordered a university to turn over records about a gathering of anti-war activists.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040207/ap_on_re_us/activist_investigation_2

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Media law experts weigh in on police encounter:

Experts say a North Liberty police officer's threat to arrest a Press-Citizen reporter seeking to interview the police chief and his neighbors borders on a civil rights violation.
http://www.press-citizen.com/news/020704media.htm

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Are You On Uncle Sam's No Fly List?:

Why would two women in their 50's, U.S. citizens, San Francisco homeowners and long-time peace activists with no criminal records be on a federal watch list with suspected terrorists?
http://cbsnewyork.com/topstories/local_story_036144559.html

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Children's Defense Fund Analysis shows Bush Administration Budget Takes from Poor Children to Give to the Rich
http://www.childrensdefense.org/release040206.php

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Bush Names Panel to Study Iraq Intel Woes:

Choosing former Democratic Sen. Charles S. Robb and retired judge Laurence Silberman, a Republican, to head the panel.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apwashington_story.asp?category=1151&slug=Iraq%20Intelligence

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Scott Ritter: Not everyone got it wrong on Iraq's weapons:

The Bush administration, relied on rumor, speculation, exaggeration and falsification to mislead the American people and their elected representatives into supporting a war that is rapidly turning into a quagmire. We knew the truth about Iraq's WMD. Sadly, no one listened.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5625.htm

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In case you missred it:

Pentagon's intelligence service reported no reliable evidence of Iraqi weapons last September : The Pentagon's intelligence service reported last September that it had no reliable evidence that Iraq had chemical agents in weaponized form, officials said Friday.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/06/06/national1106EDT0554.DTL

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In case you missred it:

John Pilger: THE BIG LIE Sep 22 2003:

An investigation of files and archive film for my TV documentary Breaking The Silence, together with interviews with former intelligence officers and senior Bush officials have revealed that Bush and Blair knew all along that Saddam Hussein was effectively disarmed.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/content_objectid=13434081_method=full_siteid=50143_headline=-THE-BIG-LIE-name_page.html

VIDEO: Breaking The Silence
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/pilger_breaking_the_silence_35mb.htm

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In case you missed it:

The 'Clean Break' Plan: Implications for US Middle East Policy :

A Clean Break recommended toppling the government of Iraq, "rolling back" Syria and Iran, and "electrifying" support for Israel in the US Congress in exchange for new missile defense contract opportunities. Three of the eight authors have since become prominent policymakers in the U.S. government.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5306.htm

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Iraqi detainees allege mistreatment and abuse:

Though they have received minimal attention in the U.S. press, allegations of mistreatment of detainees have been surfacing persistently for at least the last six months.
http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/11/news-ehrenreich.php

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UK Lawyer Named In Bribery Inquiry:

A solicitor in a small north London firm has been named in connection with a $180m (£100m) French and American corruption investigation which could lead to the indictment of Dick Cheney, the US vice-president.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1142020,00.html

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The day Cheney was rocked to the core:

If United States Vice President Dick Cheney was hoping that the cold, crisp air of Davos and his private audience with Pope John Paul II late last month would revive his spirits, as well as his standing in the polls, he must be deeply disappointed.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/FB07Aa03.html