Bush knew Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction

Salon by Sidney Blumenthal | Sep. 6, 2007 (News Report)

On Sept. 18, 2002, CIA director George Tenet briefed President Bush in the Oval Office on top-secret intelligence that Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction, according to two former senior CIA officers. Bush dismissed as worthless this information from the Iraqi foreign minister, a member of Saddam's inner circle, although it turned out to be accurate in every detail. Tenet never brought it up again. Full Story »

Posted by Jack Dinkmeyer

See All Reviews »

View

4.7

by Peter Halligan - Oct. 1, 2008

Great journalism..this guy should be a national icon for revealing the true shock and awe of a president who lied to his people and comdemned a foreign country already punished by 12 years of sanctions to its knees. It only lacks a reference to Hans Blix (the UN weapons inspector) to prove a non_US centric version of events. Bush/Blair have shamed their own people and have brought back memories of Hitler/Mussolinie. The truth is almost being told here.