[Marxism] The Analyst Who Knew [about Bush, Powell lies]

[Chris Brady <cdbrady@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

[just in case you might have missed this, this establishment source
presents a top-level US State Dept intelligence analyst who states that
the Bush Administration twisted truth to go to war:]

The Man Who Knew

60 Minutes II, aired Feb. 4, 2004

Just yesterday, Secretary of State Colin Powell made a surprising
admission.

He told The Washington Post that he doesn?t know whether he would have
recommended the invasion of Iraq if he had been told at the time that
there were no stockpiles of banned weapons.

Powell said that when he made the case for war before the United Nations
one year ago, he used evidence that reflected the best judgments of the
intelligence agencies.

But long before the war started, there was plenty of doubt among
intelligence analysts about Saddam?s weapons.

One analyst, Greg Thielmann, told Correspondent Scott Pelley last fall
that key evidence cited by the administration was misrepresented to the
public.

Thielmann should know. He had been in charge of analyzing the Iraqi
weapons threat for Powell?s own intelligence bureau.

?I had a couple of initial reactions. Then I had a more mature
reaction,? says Thielmann, commenting on Powell?s presentation to the
United Nations last February.

Full article, with links to Powell's disgraceful UN propaganda:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/10/14/60II/main577975.shtml



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