Study: False statements preceded war

Associated Press by Douglass K. Daniel | Jan. 23, 2008 (News Report)

A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks. Full Story »

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 by Julia Willebrand - Oct. 1, 2008

The numbers make the story striking. Powell has often been excused for his WMD in Iraq misinformation by suggesting that he made a mistake in testifying at the UN. In this story he is cited as having made 241 false statements re WMD.

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