Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Bush, Aides Made 935 False Statements In Run-Up To War

CNN reports on a study by the Center for Public Integrity and its affiliated group, the Fund for Independence in Journalism, Bush, aides made 935 false statements in run-up to war.

"President Bush and his top aides publicly made 935 false statements about the security risk posed by Iraq in the two years following September 11, 2001, according to a study released Tuesday by two nonprofit journalism groups."

The study says: "In short, the Bush administration led the nation to war on the basis of erroneous information that it methodically propagated and that culminated in military action against Iraq on March 19, 2003."

"Bush made 232 false statements about Iraq and former leader Saddam Hussein's possessing weapons of mass destruction, and 28 false statements about Iraq's links to al Qaeda."

"[Colin] Powell had the second-highest number of false statements, with 244 about weapons and 10 about Iraq and al Qaeda."

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