"WASHINGTON -- Former Senator Bob Graham says the indictment of Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff Scooter Libby has "pulled back the veil" from the Bush administration's "misuse" of intelligence information in the run-up to the Iraq war.
In a Friday morning conference call from the office of Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), the Florida Democrat told reporters it was "impossible to believe" that Libby acted as a "rogue agent" in the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame, wife of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson.
As a result, he says, the American public deserves an explanation from Cheney.
The Vice President, Graham says, must tell the American people "what he knew about the broader issue about attempting, after the evidence of going to war with Iraq because of weapons of mass destruction had been manipulated, to go to the next step to try to destroy the reputation of good Americans who were aware that the information was false and manipulated.
Manipulated? Really Bob?
“There is no doubt that … Saddam Hussein has reinvigorated his weapons programs. Reports indicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs continue apace and may be back to pre-Gulf War status. In addition, Saddam continues to redefine delivery systems and is doubtless using the cover of a licit missile program to develop longer-range missiles that will threaten the United States and our allies.”
Letter to President Bush, Signed by:
– Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), and others, Dec 5, 2001
and in 2002 you said:
"We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction."
So much for the "veracity" of our former chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
But perhaps Bob can come clean - finally - about what he knew and when he knew it reference a clear warning BEFORE 9/11.
Here is the A fascinating video relating to an important unheeded warning of the 9/11 attacks was shown on WPTV, an NBC TV station in Florida on October 7, 2002.
This video and story came out in 2002, and has been overlooked and forgotten until now.
Well, Bob, we're still waiting.
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