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[David Minton <dminton AT mindspring.com>]

On 10/20/04 11:17 AM, "Tony Spencer" <tony AT tonyspencer.com> wrote:

>> what he wanted and the reasons given were untrue. A calculated risk?
> 
> Perhaps.  I don't *know* that Bush didn't lie anymore than anyone else here
> *knows* that he did lie.  We could go in circles forever on this.
> 
> Here is an interesting article though on the dangers and difficulties of
> politics and intelligence.  Sounds like Clinton was convinced Sadaam had
> WMD's as well although I'm sure you guys will explain to me that Bush simply
> infiltrated Tenet before Clinton appointed him.  :)
> 
> http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2004-01-27-burkee_x.htm
> 
> "When Clinton was here recently," Barroso told a Portuguese news service,
> "he told me he was absolutely convinced, given his years in the White House
> and the access to privileged information which he had, that Iraq possessed
> weapons of mass destruction until the end of the Saddam regime."

Can we agree that Bush's assertions on Iraqi WMD's were untrue (different
from a lie)?

David