This is what Democrats need to be investigating !

[kentuck]

Hopefully, the "non-binding resolution" is only the first step. This is the cornerstone of all our present problems in Iraq and the cause of the present division in our nation. This is the origin of all the lies, about why we went to war. This is what needs exposed. The Democrats should stand up and get this information out to the American public as soon as possible. These are the lies that got us into war. And they were intentional. And they were criminal. Someone must be held accountable. We must demand the truth.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/08/AR2007020802387_pf.html

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Intelligence provided by former undersecretary of defense Douglas J. Feith to buttress the White House case for invading Iraq included "reporting of dubious quality or reliability" that supported the political views of senior administration officials rather than the conclusions of the intelligence community, according to a report by the Pentagon's inspector general.

Feith's office "was predisposed to finding a significant relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda," according to portions of the report, released yesterday by Sen. Carl M. Levin (D-Mich.). The inspector general described Feith's activities as "an alternative intelligence assessment process."

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In a telephone interview yesterday, Feith emphasized the inspector general's conclusion that his actions, described in the report as "inappropriate," were not unlawful. "This was not 'alternative intelligence assessment,' " he said. "It was from the start a criticism of the consensus of the intelligence community, and in presenting it I was not endorsing its substance."

Feith, who was defense policy chief before leaving the government in 2005, was one of the key contributors to the administration's rationale for war. His intelligence activities, authorized by then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and his deputy, Paul D. Wolfowitz, and coordinated with Vice President Cheney's office, stemmed from an administration belief that the CIA was underplaying evidence of then-Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's ties with al-Qaeda.

.....much more

[BonnieJW]

1. You mean

instead of determining whose plane was bigger, we should investigate who started an illegal war??? I don't know....

[donkeyotay]

2. Let him split hairs in his orange jumpsuit. Treasonous ratbastard was there

for one purpose and one only: to achieve this war.

"This was not 'alternative intelligence assessment,' " he said. "It was from the start a criticism of the consensus of the intelligence community, and in presenting it I was not endorsing its substance."

Liar.

Oh, and to describe the hijacking of our country into this war as "inappropriate," is an outrage. Farting in elevators is "inappropriate." Conducting a military-style operation around the statutory institutions of this country is a crime.

May every single one of them, including Cheney go to prison for it.

[KoKo]

3. Thanks for the link on this, Kentuck. Was looking for it but

couldn't find it in the Ann Nicole Posts over on GD.

It was being discussed on the Diane Rheem show on NPR this morning, but I hadn't seen an article.

[emulatorloo]

4. Two real good posts on firedoglake re Doug Feith and intelligence cooking

Guess It All Depends On What The Meaning Of “Illegal” Is…
By: Christy Hardin Smith

http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/02/09/guess-it-all-depends-on-what-the-meaning-of-illegal-is/

Cheney’s Other Liars
By: Scarecrow
http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/02/09/the-other-lie-that-misled-us-into-war/

[kentuck]

5. And the White House is busy today on the MSM...

....getting them to report that it was not "illegal". The Democrats need to respond to this. Yes, goddamn it! It was illegal, immoral, and unconstitutional!

[KoKo]

6. How can Feith or the others be prosecuted? Should it be Treason?

This line from the report jumps out:

The policy office, the summary stated, "was inappropriately performing Intelligence Activities . . . that should be performed by the Intelligence Community."

[kentuck]

9. Not only that....

they ignored the "consensus" of the intelligence agencies... They created their own.

[Auntie Bush]

7. I just don't understand how Cheney ever really BELIEVED that a,-Qaeda

and Saddam had ties. I seriously think he KNEW differently...but that was the only way to get the American people to accept a war...so he was determined to find a connection by hook or by crook (mostly crook).

Maybe he eventually started to believe his own lies...however I still doubt it. He just couldn't face the fact that the world found out the administration started this war on on a pack of LIES and now they have a double whammy, DEFEAT...which they don't have the courage to acknowledge...so the war goes on and on till they are no longer in power. Let the next president stop it and then blame them for our defeat. Then they can go about their merry way spending all that money living the good life while the rest of the people pay for the damn bloody war.

I say if Cheney is guilty...his belonging should be configated...just like the drug dealers and the money used to help pay for this war! They should do the same thing to Bush and everyone in the administration who lied us into war. We should make that a new law...that would stop future presidents of starting wars unnecessarily or for profit or for political reasons.

Cheney is a lying, despicable crook and definitely belongs in jail with the rest of the enablers for the rest of their life...if they're not tried in the Hague and executed as being responsible of the deaths of hundreds of thousands! If not...there is no justice! I demand JUSTICE!

[kentuck]

10. Can you say...?

Halliburton?

[donkeyotay]

11. Justice? Accountability? Should we receive some conpensation?

Yep, we need some new laws because no one foresaw that the president and vice president would be so treasonous. RICO laws should be used against Cheney, et. al. A president should be prevented from pardoning co-conspirators. Along with the investigations and prosecutions, the war profiteers should be made to disgorge their illgotten profits. The practice of hiding corruption behind secrecy for national security must be stopped. Oh, yeah, and since so much of this corruption has come from the evil oil men, oil should be nationalized.

Justice. We want justice. I want those lyin sons of bitches in Washington to start talking some truth.

[KoKo]

8. Why isn't this WaPo article on DU Front Page? I just checked

and there's nothing? :shrug: