RELEASE THE HADLEY MEMOS !!! By: Rep. John Conyers

[kpete]

Release the Hadley Memo (3 comments )
By: Rep. John Conyers

The most infamous example of the Administration's manipulation of pre-war intelligence is the sixteen words in the 2003 State of the Union Address, in which the President falsely claimed to the American people and the Congress that Iraq was attempting to acquire uranium from Africa. Until now, the Administration's line of defense has been that the President did not know about dissenting viewpoints on this issue and, therefore, acted in good faith when he presented this claim in an unequivocal fashion.

In a moment reminiscent of the revelation that the President received a memo entitled "Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States" prior to the September 11 attacks, we now learn -- via fellow Huffington Poster Murray Waas of the National Journal -- that the President received a memo advising him that the notion that Iraq was seeking nuclear weapons was anything but an unequivocal view within his own Administration. We also know that the Administration orchestrated an effort to cover up this fact before the 2004 elections.

According to National Journal, then-Deputy National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley summarized a National Intelligence Estimate for the President in October 2002. In that summary, Hadley specifically said that while many agencies believed the aluminum tubes were "related to a uranium enrichment effort," the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research and the Energy Department's intelligence branch "believe that the tubes more likely are intended for conventional weapons."

What did the President do just 3 months later? He stood before Congress, the American people, and the world and contradicted his own experts. During his January 2003 State of the Union Address, he claimed, "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa. Our intelligence sources tell us that he has attempted to purchase high-strength aluminum tubes suitable for nuclear weapons production." He failed to mention that not all of our intelligence sources saw it that way.
more at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-conyers/release-the-hadley-memo_b_18186.html
http://news.nationaljournal.com/articles/0330nj1.htm

[blm]

1. Congress' impeachment case is getting stronger.

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[HereSince1628]

7. The case is strong as a bear trap, but like a bear trap it gives no

service until it is taken off the shelf and deployed.

Hopefully after the election the will to do that will be different.

[wordpix]

15. we need to get more Dems in Congress before any impeachment will happen

[stop the bleeding]

2. and so it begins...

I knew it wouldn't take Conyers long to jump on the Waas article

[Hissyspit]

3. I just checked his blog and I didn't see this.

<------ :patriot:

:7 He was probably finishing up typing it as I was looking. Man, he earns his pay!

[AuntiBush]

9. Congressman Conyers Certainly Does Earn his Pay

He deserves more then a medal! My hero.

:patriot:

[Supersedeas]

4. obstruct and obfuscate - *'s Democratic Model

[stop the bleeding]

5. Back to the top with ya!

:headbang:

[leveymg]

6. Dubya didn't grasp the one-page 08/06/01 PDB either.

So, he lied to get us into war. Or else, he's incredibly stupid. Either way, it would be an impeachable offense -- if this were a sane country.

[Disturbed]

8. Bush and Cheney violate Laws.

Until these criminals and the other criminals of the Neo Facist Junta are Impeached, found guilty, fired and then prosecuted the USA is under the control of Neo Fascists.

[emulatorloo]

10. kick n/t

[Vidar]

11. Eyes tearing up--I'm so proud of Conyers.

[barbtries]

12. this has to get out

into the mainstream, but has it? will it?

[Senator]

13. kicking thread (since Hadley's traitorous butt isn't handy)

[stop the bleeding]

14. I like that n/t