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Bush misused Iraq intelligence: Senate report
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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The 170-page report accuses Mr. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and other top officials of repeatedly overstating the Iraqi threat in the emotional aftermath of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. (article 2)
Its findings were endorsed by all eight committee Democrats and two Republicans, Senators Olympia J. Snowe of Maine and Chuck Hagel of Nebraska. (article 2)
By Z. BYRON WOLF June 6, 2008The Iraq war is now five years old, but on Capitol Hill, lawmakers are still bickering over whether the flawed intelligence that led to the March 2003 invasion was intentionally mishandled. (article 6)
WASHINGTON (CNN) The Bush administration misused intelligence to build a case for the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, the Senate Intelligence Committee said in a report issued Thursday. (article 5)
The report shows an administration that " led the nation to war on false premises said the committee's Democratic Chairman, Sen. John Rockefeller of West Virginia. (article 4)
The report also said administration prewar statements on Iraq's weapons programs were backed up in most cases by available U.S. intelligence, but officials failed to reflect internal debate over those findings, which proved wrong. (article 4)
The presumptive Democratic nominee for president, Sen. Barack Obama, has staked his campaign on his consistent opposition to the Iraq war. (article 7)
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Intelligence, report, Iraq, committee, Bush |
Source articles
- Senate committee report says Bush overstated Iraqi threat (dallasnews.com, 06/05/2008, 735 words)
- Bush Overstated Evidence on Iraq, Senators Report (nytimes.com, 06/06/2008, 1003 words)
- Senate Panel Finds Iraq Intelligence Exaggerations (nytimes.com, 06/05/2008, 957 words)
- Bush misused Iraq intelligence: Senate report (boston.com, 06/05/2008, 699 words)
- Senate report slams Bush over prewar intelligence (CNN, 06/05/2008, 796 words)
- Senate Report: White House Misused Pre-War Intelligence (ABCNews, 06/06/2008, 790 words)
- Report accuses Bush of misrepresenting Iraq intel (sfgate.com, 06/05/2008, 1033 words)
- The Truth About the Iraq War (nytimes.com, 06/06/2008, 1095 words)
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